DIG Babatunde Johnson Kokumo, the Deputy Inspector General for Southwest Zones and the Force Criminal Investigation Department’s Deputy Inspector General, set out on a strategic assessment tour of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Friday, November 18, 2022, with a focus on areas near the borders of Ogun and Oyo States.
This is in furtherance of the determination and commitment of the 21st Indigenous Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Baba Alkali, to strategically end the ongoing cases of kidnapping and to restore back confidence on road users and commuters, especially as the country navigates towards the electioneering and ember period, according to the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Oyo State Command SP. Adewale Osifeso.
CP Adebowale Williams, the Oyo State Police Command’s Commissioner of Police, and his visiting party accompanied DIG Babatunde Johnson Kokumo as they toured such places as;
The Lagos/Ibadan Expressway crosses both the Ogun and Oyo State Police Commands in the border towns of Sapade, Alampako, Onigari, and Ogunmakin.
While urging locals and other stakeholders to help the police reduce security threats by providing accurate and timely information, he also assured them that the IGP would make strategic operational and tactical interventions, such as reworking the security architecture and making extensive deployments, to prevent any undesirable situation.
The PPRO further stated that the Oyo State Police Command emergency lines are 07055495413 and 08081768614, as well as 615 (toll free), which is operated by the Oyo State Security Trust Fund. For Android and iPhone users, respectively, the NPF rescue me app is also freely downloadable on both Apple IOS and Android.