The Special Adviser on Security Matters to Governor ‘Seyi Makinde, CP Fatai Owoseni (retd.), on Friday said the state government would engage the services of traditional leaders and local vigilantes to put an end to the incessant kidnappings on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.
Owoseni said this in Ibadan while briefing newsmen on the outcome of a stakeholders’ security meeting held at the Oyo State Security Trust Fund Office, Onireke, Ibadan.
“The vigilantes and other non-state actors will work with regular security agencies in order to arrest perpetrators of heinous crimes along the expressway.
“Sadly, we have had three incidents in one week cutting across, which made it look as if the security agents are sleeping on their obligations but I must correct that impression. Before then, it was not as if measures and strategies were not put in place to curb any incident. The perception and the interpretation that has been given is that your community is insecure but it is not possible to have a totally crime-free society.
“We have been sitting together to see what we can do to remain proactive. For now, we have strengthened visibility and also found out some certain things. We have taken a lesson from that to say that whatever that is put in place now will be something that is workable, practical, and sustainable and that is where we are now,” he said.
