We’ll neutralize kidnappers on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway – Abiodun breaks silence

The Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Tuesday, vowed that his administration would neutralize kidnappers abducting people on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, particularly on the Ogun section of the busiest highway in the country

Abiodun who made this avowal when he hosted the management of the Leadership Newspapers in his office, equally disclosed that the state in conjunction with its Oyo State counterpart has set up a joint security team to beef up security along the expressway.

He further informed the management of the Abuja based newspaper that visited him to inform him of his nomination as the newspaper’s Governor of the Year, that the synergy with Oyo was meant to ensure that the flash points between Lagos and Oyo State are well covered by security teams.

He said that over thirty patrol teams have been formed between Oyo and Ogun to tackle issues of kidnapping along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, adding that the two state governments have gone ahead and cleared both sides of the road.

“We set up a joint security team with the Oyo State Government because we found out that the majority of this incidences are right at the border between us and Oyo State, they take advantage of that area as a blind spot.

“As we speak today, I think, there are not less than thirty patrol teams on that corridor of Lagos-Ibadan expressway. These teams comprise soldiers, policemen, operatives from the DSS, men of the Civil Defence and vigilantes.

“The last thing we want is for people to travel with the fear of being kidnapped and nothing can be more terrible as we approach the Yuletide season.

“We’ve also gone ahead and cleared both sides of the road, because that element of surprise that they introduce when they just jump out of the bushes and then kidnap and run away, so, we have approached our contractors to clear 50 meters on each side so it makes it difficult for them to use the bushes to hide,” Abiodun stated