The Ogun State House of Assembly has tasked various heads of security formations in the State to strengthen their operations against incessant kidnapping.
The assembly which expressed worry over the development, called for collaboration with local security networks including vigilante service, So-Safe Corps, and other stakeholders on security.
The Speaker, Olakunle Oluomo threw the challenge while responding to the separate submissions of the members representing Odeda, Ogunwaterside, Remo-North and Ijebu-North State Constituencies, Oludaisi Elemide, Lawal Adekunle, Kolawole Awolaja and Segun Kaka respectively.
The lawmakers lamented the incessant kidnapping in their constituencies while speaking under Personal Explanation at a plenary session.
Oluomo said “It has become imperative for the security agencies to consider an effective review of its operations, with a sustained collaboration with local security which possessed a better knowledge of the territorial architecture of the communities where the crimes were being committed.
“There is a need to evolve more collaborative strategies at tackling local crimes and criminalities, including kidnapping and land-grabbing with a view to ensuring effective security networks in protecting lives and property of all the residents in the State.”
He, however, challenged the new State Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu to live up to his promise of curbing the excesses of land grabbers across the State.
He noted that the 10th Assembly under his leadership would consider a review of some sections of the Anti-Kidnapping and Land Grabbing Law, 2016 for more effectiveness.
Calling on the leadership of the 10th National Assembly to re-consider the creation of State Police/community policing, Olumo stated that the creation of such would empower the local residents to easily provide the necessary security intelligence to assist the police towards securing lives and property of the people in the State.
Earlier, Elemide, Adekunle, Awolaja, and Kaka had decried the incessant cases of kidnapping in some parts of their constituencies.
The affected areas according to the lawmakers include; the Olodo portion of Obantoko/Ibadan Road in Odeda, riverine communities in Ogun Waterside, and Saapade/Fidiwo/Ogunmakin.
They, however, appealed to the security agencies to rise up to the task of securing the lives of the people in their respective communities.