An incident which left properties worth millions of naira damaged on Lagos Island has led to the Security Council, Lagos Island East Council Development Area to order 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.”
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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