…says ‘tenure entrenches global best practices’
By Okosun Dennis
The National Association of Online Security News Publishers (NAOSNP) has commended the proactivity of the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu for his sterling achievements in the last one year in office.
In a statement in Lagos on Saturday, the President of the National Association of Online Security News Publishers (NAOSNP), Mr Oki Samson, said CP Odumosu has not left any room for doubt on his determination to tow the line of the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu in entrenching community based and preventive approach-based policing strategy that ensured the safety of lives and properties in Lagos State.
“For a lazy and idle man, how time seems to linger with each dragging second, minutes and hours but for the proactive man saddled with responsibilities to tackle issues, time flies with so much done, so much being done and much more still left to be done.”
While commending him, Oki explained, “when the Nigerian Police Force singled out this exceptional gentleman, Super Crime Fighter and Patriot to be saddled with the onerous and daunting task of taking charge of Lagos State Police Command, on November 14, 2019, it was a huge responsibility reserved for Officers who have through their antecedents of impeccable records in service proven to be amongst the best of the Nigerian Police Force.
“In this regard, CP Odumosu have not disappointed anybody; the police hierarchy, Lagos State Government and the citizens of Lagos State that he is indeed a round peg in a round hole as far as the task of policing Lagos in line with global best practice in modern policing and adherence to the dictates of the universal human rights principles demands.
“It is worthy of note to mention here that before his appointment as the Commissioner of Police Lagos State Police Command, CP Odumosu had previously held some of the most challenging positions as far as policing Africa’s most rambunctious city is concerned.
“Odumosu had at various times been the Chairman of the Environmental and Special Offences Task Force Lagos State and Commander Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command for eight years.
“These positions had given him an insider perspective in crime fighting in Lagos and provided an insight on which he built his approach.
“Immediately he assumed office, he decided to use preventive approach by blocking all the loopholes he had identified in the State security apparatus. He tackled the insistent grueling gridlocks on Lagos roads by bringing succour to Lagos road users.
“Apart from the extensive failure of the major highways, poor traffic management of in some roads undergoing repairs, undisciplined road users and the unsavory attitude and pace of work by some of the contractors rehabilitating the roads have all combined to create the perfect storm of a nightmare scenario.
“Less than a week into his redeployment, Odumosu signalled his intention to make efficient traffic management a top priority. He immediately deployed over 1,000 policemen to join in tackling the gridlock that has made commuting unbearable in the state.
Being familiar with Lagos terrain, NAOSNP maintained that CP Odumosu has been deploying his wealth of experience to bear in piloting the affairs of the Command to positive and unprecedented level in the last one year of policing Lagos State.
“On this august and momentous moment in his career, Members of the National Association of Online Security News Publishers (NAOSNP) uses this opportunity to felicitate with CP Hakeem Odumosu on his one year anniversary as the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Police Command.”
“NAOSNP, also use this opportunity to applaud your unrelenting efforts to make Lagos State a crime-free society and a first choice destination for investments and economic development in Nigeria.
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