The days of bank robbery in Lagos State are over, according to Kayode Egbetokun, the Inspector General of Police, or IGP.
Egbetokun made the statement, at the 18th Annual Town Hall Meeting on Security held by the Lagos State Security Trust Fund on Thursday, pointing out that since 2007, the state has only had one successful bank heist.
Egbetokun said:
“What we are doing here today is the usual assistance that the state government has been giving to the police in the state.
“Without the assistance that the police receive from the government, we will not be able to do the much we are doing in Lagos State. We would have been overwhelmed with insecurity in Lagos State.
“There was a time that armed robbery, bank robbery was common in Lagos, but I can recall that since 2007 till date, only one bank robbery succeeded in Lagos and that was as far back as 2014. So, the days of armed robbery, bank robbery are gone.”
He maintains that internal migration has affected and still affects Lagos State, Nigeria’s economic centre, since thousands of people move there daily, which he claims has an impact on the state’s security.
According to the IGP, in order to address the difficulties, the state’s police force must continue to develop and adapt its security measures.
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