Ogun police make 1,523 arrests in seven months
The Ogun State Police Command yesterday
said it has arrested 1,523 suspected criminals, while 5230 ammunitions
of different sizes were seized from armed robbers between January and
July this year. The Commissioner, Musa Daura, made this known while
receiving the executive of Correspondents Chapel Nigeria Union of
Journalists (NUJ) Ogun State Council, who paid him a courtesy visit in
his office at Eleweran, Abeokuta.
Mr Daura also said the police have
recovered 137 vehicles of different types during the months, adding
that 52 cases of murder and five cases of kidnapping were handled.
He attributed the success recorded so
far to the doggedness of his officers and the good working relationship
between his command and the press.
The Chairman of the Correspondents
Chapel, Kunle Idowu, promised that journalists in the state will
continue to promote the good works of the command.
He said, as the fourth estate of the
realm, journalists will continue to promote goodwill between the police
and general public so that their constitutional duties will be carried
out with less stress.
“We know the challenges that Nigeria
police is facing today, but in spite of that, you still perform
creditably well in reducing crime to its barest minimum in the state.
This, journalists in Ogun State can attest to,” he said.
While calling for more commitment from the rank and files of the
force, Mr Idowu called on the government and well-meaning individuals
to continue to assist police so that the society will be crime free.
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