LAGOS STATE NO LONGER SAFE UNDER AMBODE - GROUP

The Save Lagos Group has lamented the
spate of kidnapping in Lagos, and declared
that the state was no longer safe under the
administration of Governor Akinwunmi
Ambode.
In a statement issued yesterday in reaction to
the kidnap of school children and their
teachers, the Convener, Comrade Adeniyi A.
Sulaiman, and the Director of Media and
Strategy, Comrade Olaolu Oladipo, said the
state government had been paying lip service
to the issue of securing the lives and property
of residents.
According to the group, the spate of
insecurity in the state has assumed worrisome
dimension under the current government in
spite of stated huge investment in security as
claimed by the state government.
The statement noted that the kidnap of a
traditional ruler in the state, the Oniba of Iba,
Oba Yishau Oseni, ought to have served as a
wake up call on the state government to live
up to its responsibility of securing the state.

It said: “We have been daily
inundated in the print media that
the state government has been
investing heavily in its efforts to
secure residents of the state.
“As at the last count, the state
government had claimed that it
has expended over N4billion to
procure security gadgets to equip
security personnel attached to
the various security agencies.
“To our surprise, the state has
continued to record serious
security breaches, most
especially under the current
government, a situation that
calls to question, the integrity of
the claims of the state
government in this direction.”
“ ”
“Rather, the spate of kidnappings
has gone on unabated with the
state government having no clue
on how to nip the scourge in the
bud.
“What is even more worrisome is
the fact that these merchants of
evil owing to the laxity on the
part the state government have
carried their trade a notch
further by raiding a school,
carting away pupils and their
teachers,” the group added.