SAFETY AGENCY PARTNERS DSS TO ENHANCE SECURITY, SAFETY IN LAGOS
COVER PIX: (L-R) The State Director of the State Security Service, Sheikh Mohammed Waziri, and General Manager of LNSA, Prince Ifalade Oyekan during the visit.
The Lagos State Neighborhood Safety Agency (LNSA) and the Department of State Security (DSS) have concluded plans to collaborate for enhanced security and safety of lives and property in Lagos State.
The General Manager of LNSA, Prince Ifalade Oyekan made this known during an official visit to Sheikh Mohammed Waziri, the Director of the Department of State Security Services (DSS) at the Shangisa Office of the Agency.
He said the primary purpose of the visit was to explore and collaborate on several areas of interest with the DSS, stressing that there is a need for the two agencies to work together towards enhanced security architecture in the State.
In his words: "I am happy we have a wider latitude to work together to attain the sixth pillar of Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu's Agenda, which makes the safety of residents a top priority of his administration".
While applauding the cordial relationship between the Agencies in the past, Prince Oyekan requested a deeper relationship in terms of training, intelligence sharing, and enforcement support from the more experienced federal security service.
The General Manager of LNSA also thanked the Management Team of the DSS for the warm welcome and expressed delight with the reception and discussions between representatives of both Agencies
In his response, Sheikh Mohammed Waziri thanked Prince Oyekan for the visit and commended the men and officers of the Neighborhood Safety Agency, imploring them to live up to their mandate as a grassroots Agency.
He also promised to work and support the Lagos State Agency, especially in key areas mentioned by the General Manager of LNSA.
The Lagos Neighborhood Safety Corps (LNSC) is a uniformed security agency established by a law of the Lagos State House of Assembly in 2016 to assist the Police and other security agencies to maintain law and order in the state. They operate in all the 57 LGA/LCDA in Lagos.
The Lagos Neighborhood Safety Corps (LNSC) officers are indigenous locals from the various LGA/LCDA where they operate, which is a deliberate policy in order to make use of their local knowledge to achieve maximum grass root intelligence gathering and community policing.
Functions of LNSC include:
• Gathering information about crimes, crime in progress, suspicious activities, and crime suspects among other things.
• Making available such relevant information on crimes, crime in progress, suspicious activities, and crime suspects to the police or other security agencies that require it.
• Putting structure in place to ensure that hoodlums and cult groups do not have the opportunity to operate.
• Undertaking routine motorized patrol day and night.
• Reducing the crime rate and ensuring that offenders are identified and made to account for their misdeeds.
• Following up on arrest of offenders to the court and ensuring justice.
• Timely reporting of suspicious activities and crimes in progress to the police or other security agencies and improving the relationship between the police and the community as it concerns law enforcement.
• Contributing to maintaining community peace.
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