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The Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos, has announced that security stakeholders have approved four checkpoints to curb the proliferation of checkpoints and extortion along the Seme border corridor.
The Zonal Public Relations Officer (ZPRO), CSP Umma Ayuba, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, January 14 in Lagos.
She said, “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.”
Ayuba further stated, “AIG Fayoade, in charge of Zone 2 Command comprising Lagos and Ogun States, held a security meeting with relevant security stakeholders along the Seme Border Corridor.
“The meeting with the stakeholders was on the need to curb the proliferation of checkpoints and restore sanity along the Seme Border Corridor for economic growth along that route.”
She listed the stakeholders present at the meeting as representatives 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.
Ayuba added that the stakeholders unanimously agreed on the creation of a joint task force. “It was agreed that a joint task force be created, members of which are to be drawn from all security agencies to enforce compliance with the agreed traditional four checkpoints,” she said.
“The checkpoints, namely: Seme Point, Gbaji Point, Apa Point, and Agbara Point. These points will be mounted by all security agencies to ensure watertight security along the border ways to foster synergy in fighting crime and give room for economic growth along the axis,” Ayuba said. She also urged members of the public to call 07088158606 and 09062011772 for complaints.
