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•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
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Lagos State Governor
Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday warned that the state will not tolerate criminality
from any quarters.
The
Nation report continues:
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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