LAGOS COMMANDANT, EWEKA TELLS LAGOSIANS: WE WILL PROTECT OUR SCHOOL CHILDREN; AS SPECIAL FEMALE SQUAD VISITS AKRAN OF BADAGRY
By: The Tochlight Africa News
As schools across Lagos reopens, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Lagos State Commandant, CC Eweka Edenabu Okoro, has directed Tactical and Operational Commanders in the Command to take the bull by the horn in the bid to stamp out all forms of criminality against any citizen in the state.
CC Okoro made this known along the lines of the familiarization exercise which was embarked upon by the Special Female Squad (SFS) of the NSCDC, Lagos State Command to all relevant stakeholders, Government institutions and traditional institutions including the Akran of Badagry, Oba Claudius Dosa Akran, De Wheno Aholu Menu – Toyi 1, OFR, LLD, D. Litt, JP, National Association of Online Security Newspaper can report. The visit was led by Commander of the SFS in Lagos, DSC Agada Ada Bridget.
In the same vein, the Commandant, CC Eweka Okoro avowed his unflinching commitment towards improving the security and safety of school children and all citizens, against violence, poverty, cultism, sexual and drug abuses and other untoward crimes, at the grassroot level across Lagos State. He also pledged his support, to ensuring sustainable and robust synergy between the Squad and all relevant stakeholders, traditional and government institutions in the state.
In a press statement e-signed and released to NAOSNP by the NSCDC Lagos PRO, ASCI Abolurin Oluwaseun Olumide, NAOSNP gathered that in the visit to Badagry, DSC Agada Ada Bridget reiterated the purpose of the Special Female Squad. She said: ‘the protection and safety of lives and property, at the grassroot is very germaine to the Squad, in a bid to effectively, discharge their mandates.’
Agada added that the visit was also one of the proactive and tactical measures, of the Command, to inform, familiarize and assure the traditional institution, of adequate security and safety, of school children and all citizens of the State.
Present to receive the NSCDC Special Female Squad was the iconic Royal Father, the Akran of Badagry, Oba Claudius Dosa Akran, De Wheno Aholu Menu – Toyi 1, OFR, LLD, D. Litt, JP; the spokesman of the Ancestral Kingdom, Chief Michael Olorundami Avoseh, the Baale of Topo Community; and other Baales.
The Baale of Topo Community, Chief Michael Olorundami Avoseh, who received the Squad, on behalf of the Iconic Royal Majesty, the Akran of Badagry and other Chiefs extolled the Squad, for gallantry and selflessness, in discharging their duties and functions. He further said, “the entire Corps should be commended for this wonderful initiative, which has trained and empowered women to perform such rigorous duties and urged the Squad to be up and doing, in protecting women and children through out the state.”
He assured the Squad of the Royal Father’s blessings, which include to excel and triumph, in all its operational endeavours in the State.