Police reduce Badagry-Seme expressway checkpoints to four to curb extortion

 By: Manoah Kikekon 

checkpoint used to illustrate the story [Photo credit: Punch]

The Zone 2 Police Command in Onikan, Lagos, says security stakeholders have approved four checkpoints to reduce the number of checkpoints and extortion along the Seme border corridor.

CSP. Umma Ayuba, the zonal public relations officer (ZPRO), confirmed this in a statement issued in Lagos on Tuesday.

She said that during a security meeting with Adegoke Fayoade, the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of the zone, at the Command Headquarters in Lagos on Tuesday, the stakeholders gave their approval for the checkpoints.

“AIG Fayoade, in charge of Zone 2 Command comprising Lagos and Ogun States, held a 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 checkpoints 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.

According to Ms. Ayuba, the stakeholders unanimously decided to form 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.

“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,” the police spokesperson said.

For complaints, the ZPRO asked the public to contact 09062011772 and 07088158606.

(NAN)