Epe abduction: Activist Calls for Ambode resignation,wants AIG,CP removed

The Save Lagos Group(SLG) has called for the resignation of the Lagos
State governor,Mr. Akinwumi Ambode from office as Chief Security
Officer of the State over the recent incessant security threat to the
lives and property of the masses in the Metropolis,saying that the
development has shown the ineptitude and inefficiency on the part of
the State government despite the tax payers money being spent on the
provision of security of people of the State.

It however called for immediate removal of the Assistant Inspector
General of Police,Zone 2,Mr.Cornelius Aderanti and State Commissioner
of Police,Mr. Fatai Owoseni over alleged dereliction of duty and
incompetence to perform up to the expectation in policing the State,
saying that since the emergence of the two Police Chiefs as Head of
the Zone and State respectively, the State has been facing one
security challenge or the other as a result of their lackadaisical
attitude to duty.

Reacting through a statement signed by the group’s Convener and
Director of Media and Strategy,Comrade Adeniyi,Alimi Sulaiman and
Messer Oladipo Olaolu respectively and a copy was made available to
newsmen on Tuesday, they urged the authority of the security agencies
in the country to beef up security around the Suburb towns and
villages of the State by developing new intelligent gathering
mechanism in nipping the security challenges facing the State in the
bud because of the economic importance of the State as commercial
nerve centre of the country.

The group strongly condemned the new geometric progression of the
criminal activities within the State,particularly,the frequent rate of
kidnapping and unnecessary killing of innocent citizens of the
State.It maintained that Governor Ambode did not have moral and
constitutional justification to continue in office as number one
citizen of the State when his government failed to protect the lives
and property of the people as stipulated in the amended 1999
Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Oath of Office of
the Governor in Nigeria.

It insisted that the present Zone 2 Assistant Inspector General of
Police(AIGP) and Lagos State Commissioner of Police(CP) have
performed below expectations since their coming to the as Police
Chiefs in the area which is against the Police Code of conduct to
serve and protect with integrity.

It will be recalled that no fewer than 20 suspected Militants in
Military camouflage swooped on Kodjo Farm,located at Igbodu,Epe area
of Lagos State and abducted seven persons,including a 65 years old
guard of the farm,Mr. Kakaja Joseph on Sunday.

An eyewitness also informed the public that the men were armed with
sophisticated weapons by shooting sporadically after storming the farm
where they carted away 50 live chickens and several eggs by forcing
their victims into awaiting boat.

According to the group,” There is no need for Mr. Akinwumi Ambode to
continue in office as governor of Lagos State for failing to perform
his electioneering campaign social contract which is provision of
security of lives and property of the people of Lagos State.Also, the
Assistant Inspector General of Police,Zone 2,Mr.Cornelius Aderanti and
Lagos State Commissioner of Police,Mr. Fatai Owoseni should be removed
immediately for dereliction of duty and incompetence which is contrary
to Police Code of conduct to serve and protect with integrity