Ambode
speaking at a news conference on the rescued school girls...yesterday.
With him (from left) are: Commissioner for Information and Strategy
Steve Ayorinde; Permanent Secretary Ministry of Information Fola
Adeyemi; Commissioner for Justice Adeniji Kazeem; Owoseni and
Commanding Officer, 9 Mechanized Brigade, Nigerian Army, Brig.-Gen.
Bulama Biu
Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday warned that the state will not tolerate criminality from any quarters.
He spoke after yesterday’s rescue of the Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary schoolgirls kidnapped in Ikorodu last Monday.
The governor, who addressed reporters at the Government House in Alausa, said: “Let me warn that the State Government will not tolerate kidnapping or any forms of crime in the state. Our position is clear and unambiguous; Lagos State has the capacity and the will to go after every form of crime and criminality in order to safeguard lives and property in the state.”
He expressed relief and excitement at the rescue of the girls by security operatives.
“The Lagos State Police Command, the Department of State Service and members of the Armed Forces worked tirelessly round the clock in the last six days to secure the release of the children. I thank them for a good job.
“The three girls have been safely reunited with their families and the Government wishes to assure Lagosians that their security is top priority and it will not relent in ensuring that Lagos remains safe and secure,” he said.
Ambode said one of the suspected kidnappers –Emmanuel Arigidi- was arrested during the operation by security operatives to release the abducted children.
“As our daughters are reunited with their mothers and other members of their families, I would like to seize this opportunity to wish all mothers in Lagos State and Nigeria at large a happy Mothers’ Day,” he said.
He spoke after yesterday’s rescue of the Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary schoolgirls kidnapped in Ikorodu last Monday.
The governor, who addressed reporters at the Government House in Alausa, said: “Let me warn that the State Government will not tolerate kidnapping or any forms of crime in the state. Our position is clear and unambiguous; Lagos State has the capacity and the will to go after every form of crime and criminality in order to safeguard lives and property in the state.”
He expressed relief and excitement at the rescue of the girls by security operatives.
“The Lagos State Police Command, the Department of State Service and members of the Armed Forces worked tirelessly round the clock in the last six days to secure the release of the children. I thank them for a good job.
“The three girls have been safely reunited with their families and the Government wishes to assure Lagosians that their security is top priority and it will not relent in ensuring that Lagos remains safe and secure,” he said.
Ambode said one of the suspected kidnappers –Emmanuel Arigidi- was arrested during the operation by security operatives to release the abducted children.
“As our daughters are reunited with their mothers and other members of their families, I would like to seize this opportunity to wish all mothers in Lagos State and Nigeria at large a happy Mothers’ Day,” he said.
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