Fashola rallies immigration, police support on security
LAGOS
State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola, has urged the police to
collaborate with the Immigration Service towards reducing trans-border
crimes effectively.
Fashola gave the charge yesterday when he received the Assistant Inspector-General (AIG) of Police Zone 2, Mamman Ibrahim Tsafe, in his office in Ikeja.
Explaining that cases of car theft recorded clearly indicated that there was a trans-border market for it, the governor stressed the need to work effectively in that regard and arrest the situation.
According to him: “Some of the cases of car theft indicate clearly that there is a trans-border market for it. Some of the vehicles recovered recently came with bloodstains, which show that they were stolen from the Lagos State markets through violent means. That shows that there is need for us to intensify our effort in fighting crime in the state”.
The governor said there was urgent need for the police to begin to check visitors that come into the country, adding that this could be achieved with an effective collaboration with immigration officers who would be involved in the data collection.
“I think that policing our environment will be more effectively when we effectively check the movement into the country through the borders and working with the immigration in a collaborative manner are some of the things the security agencies in the country, especially the Nigerian Police, must consider very important today.” he said.
Fashola gave the charge yesterday when he received the Assistant Inspector-General (AIG) of Police Zone 2, Mamman Ibrahim Tsafe, in his office in Ikeja.
Explaining that cases of car theft recorded clearly indicated that there was a trans-border market for it, the governor stressed the need to work effectively in that regard and arrest the situation.
According to him: “Some of the cases of car theft indicate clearly that there is a trans-border market for it. Some of the vehicles recovered recently came with bloodstains, which show that they were stolen from the Lagos State markets through violent means. That shows that there is need for us to intensify our effort in fighting crime in the state”.
The governor said there was urgent need for the police to begin to check visitors that come into the country, adding that this could be achieved with an effective collaboration with immigration officers who would be involved in the data collection.
“I think that policing our environment will be more effectively when we effectively check the movement into the country through the borders and working with the immigration in a collaborative manner are some of the things the security agencies in the country, especially the Nigerian Police, must consider very important today.” he said.
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