Local government chairmen in Ikorodu Division of Lagos State have signed a Joint Task Force (JTF) Establishment By-Law to strengthen security coordination across the area.
The signing took place Friday during a stakeholders’ security meeting at the Ikorodu Local Government secretariat.
Those present included Mr Wasiu Adesina (Ikorodu LGA), Mr Kazeem Olanrewaju (Ikorodu West LCDA), and Mr Olusesan Daini (Igbogbo-Baiyeku LCDA), among others.
The new law is expected to streamline security operations and enhance collaboration among local councils.
Others are; Mr Wasiu Agoro, Imota LCDA, and Mrs Motunrayo Gbadebo-Alogba, Ijede LCDA.
The councillors of Ikorodu local government and the five LCDA’s making up the division, jointly passed the JTF by-law that was signed by the chairmen.
Speaking after the signing, Adesina, said it would enhance security architecture of the division as well as back its operations.
Adesina, said the by-law was made possible by the councillors, urging officers of the JTF to work in collaboration with sister security agencies, assuring them of adequate welfare.
“Five years ago during the Badoo era in Ikorodu, the six council chairmen in the division came together to set up the civilian JTF to enhance security architecture of the area.
“We thank God that since establishing the JTF, the issue of Badoo and other vices had become a thing of the past in the division.
“Today, the by-law has been signed to ensure that the JTF operation is backed by law, with cooperation from the councillors.
“We will present operational vehicles to them,” he said.
In his remarks, the chairman of Igbogbo-Baiyeku LCDA said the idea was to bring all government and independent security apparatus within the Ikorodu division to work together.
He said the outgoing chairmen have tried by making sure the civilian JTF would not work in parallel lines or in isolation.
According to him, Ikorodu is an enclosed division where all stakeholders have to reach an agreement to tackle the insecurity bedeviling it.
He said the act was to ensure that there is no independent or separate security outfits that would work outside the law.
“However, all security apparatus in the division will have their Bible and Quran as a guiding document for better operations, where residents will sleep with their two eyes closed.
“What we have done today is a journey of four years on security architecture and local civilian JTF of Ikorodu division.”
Daini said the by-law indicated that there would be a one command security system in the division.
The chairman said that JTF officers were well trained at the police college in the state, and received certificates on local intelligence, promising to engage them more on capacity building.
NAN reports that six operational vehicles were presented to the JTF to enhance their operations.
