Zone 2: 1,000 stolen vehicles, others await claims at police formations

…As AIG urges victims to visit Lagos, Ogun commands

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NIGERIA: NO fewer than 1,000 stolen vehicles have been recovered by policemen in Zone 2 within the last six months and lying fallow at the various commands under the zone.

Similarly, over 120 vehicles were recovered within Lagos and Ogun state police commands, and they are being kept at various formations at State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Departments, Anti-Robbery Squads, Special Anti-Robbery Squads, and Zonal Intervention Squad, among others.

The Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 2 Command, Lagos, AIG Abdulmajid Ali, made the disclosure while appraising the activities of his zonal command since assumption of office.

Ali, according to a press release signed by the Zonal Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Muyiwa Adejobi, has, therefore, enjoined victims of car snatching or armed robbery to cross-check their stolen cars and vehicles at various police formations within the zone – Lagos and Ogun states.

“The Assistant Inspector-General of Police made it clear that members of the public have the right to approach any police formation on enquiries about issues bothering them or in connection with any fact-finding mission that can assist in achieving better policing of our society vis-a-vis protection of lives and property,” Adejobi explained in the release.

He stressed that Ali encouraged Nigerians to report any unpleasant or unethical conducts of any erring personnel of the Force to his office through the Zonal Monitoring Unit (08038255873) or Public Relations Department (08037168147) or his personal line,08055885544 (SMS only) for necessary action.