The Security Council, Lagos Island East
Council Development Area, has ordered a shoot-on-sight order to the
police on people found carrying guns and other weapons capable of
inflicting injuries on members of the public.
The order was issued after an emergency
security council meeting summoned by the Chairman of the Lagos Island
East Council Development Area, Kamal Salau-Bashua.
No fewer than two persons lost their
lives while several others were injured and property worth several
millions of naira destroyed in a violence on the island during the
Easter celebrations.
A statement on Wednesday quoted
Salau-Bashua as saying the order was specifically issued by the
Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of the Area A Command,the
Lion Building, Imohimi Edgal. It added that the move was necessary to
restore peace and order in the council.
Salau-Bashua described the violence that
marred the Easter period as condemnable and retrogressive to the
relative peace enjoyed by the residents over the last two years.
He said, “Security operatives are combat
ready to prevent recurrence. Any form of violence on the Lagos Island
portends danger to the economic activities of the state since major
businesses are located here. It is also capable of sending wrong signals
to visitors.”
The statement added that the area
commander warned criminals and hoodlums to steer clear of the island,
adding that policemen had renewed their commitments to stop violence in
any part of the island.
Edgal also noted that residents and
business owners also had responsibilities to alert security operatives
on suspicious movements and activities to prevent breakdown of law and
order in the council area.
In attendance during the emergency
security council meeting were the other police chiefs, traditional
rulers, representatives of community development associations,
neighbourhood watchers and members of transport unions.
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