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Jan. 14, 2025
…Agree to creat joint taskforce
The Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos, says that security stakeholders have approved four checkpoints to curb proliferation of check-points and extortion along Seme border corridor.
The Zonal Public Relations Officer (ZPRO) CSP. Umma Ayuba, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos.
She said that the stakeholders approved the checkpoints on Tuesday during a security meeting with the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of the zone, Mr Adegoke Fayoade at the Command Headquarters in Lagos.
“AIG Fayoade, in charge of Zone 2 Command comprising Lagos and Ogun States, held security meeting with relevant security stakeholders along the Seme Boarder Corridor.
“The meeting with the stakeholders was on the need to curb the proliferation of check-points and restore sanity along the Seme Boarder Corridor for economic growth along that route.
“The stakeholders present are from the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Customs Service, Nigerian Immigration Service, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency and the Nigeria Police Force,” she said.
Ayuba said that the stakeholders unanimously agreed that a joint taskforce be created.
“It was agreed that a joint taskforce be created, members of which are to be drawn from all security agencies to enforce compliance with the agreed traditional four checkpoints.
“The checkpoints namely: Seme Point, Gbaji Point, Apa Point and Agbara Point.
The ZPRO urged members of the public to call 07088158606 and 09062011772 for complaints. (NAN)
