I’ll Improve Citizen-Police Relationship In Lagos State – Sanwo-Olu

The Lagos State Government has come out to say that it will be championing a cause to enhance the citizen-police relationship in the state.

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu recently revealed this when he received the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Muhammed Adamu, at the State House in Marina, on a commiseration visit.

According to him, a cause like this will prevent the recurrence of the issues that led to the #EndSARS protest and aid officers to exercise more restraint while they discharge their duties.

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Muhammed Adamu added that the destruction in the subsequent violence was more in Lagos than any other part of Nigeria, so it cannot be allowed to repeat itself.

Muhammed Adamu had this to say, “Lagos was the epicentre where the EndSARS protest took place and the destruction in the subsequent violence was more in Lagos than any other part.

“I came to commiserate with the governor and people of the state. The destruction they suffered was uncalled for.

“The second leg of my visit is to see the police stations destroyed and boost the morale of our men in Lagos.

“We don’t want them to be demoralised by the event in which they suffered personal attacks.

“Policemen are trained to take such pain. Now that the event has happened, it shouldn’t discourage us from performing our constitutional duties,”

“It is very important to set up protocols that will prevent hoodlums from hijacking peaceful protest organised with good intentions.

“The moment the protest organisers don’t have leadership, the purpose and intent of the effort would be defeated.

“As we have seen in the case of EndSARS protest, no economy will be able to bear the loss that we have seen in Lagos.”