Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, says the state Police Command has placed 24 Oodua Republic secessionist groups and the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra under close watch over threats by IPOB to attack soft targets in the state.
He disclosed that the 24 Yoruba secessionist groups had been identified and were now being closely monitored by the police in the state.
Odumosu said that the Oodua secessionist groups and IPOB were already being investigated by the police in Lagos to stop them from making good their threats to carry out any attack in the state.
The Lagos police boss disclosed this while speaking at a security summit chaired by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
Odumosu said, “The Command has taken notice of agitators for Oodua Republic by some Yoruba separatist groups and the threats to disrupt law and order in the state. 24 of these groups have been identified and being closely monitored.
“Similarly, the threat of IPOB to attack soft targets in Lagos is equally being put on the radar of the command intelligence gathering and other security services in the state. Strategies are being put in place to neutralise their activities.
“The Command is using this medium to solicit for the support of all and sundry to be vigilant at all times and report any suspicious person or movement to security agencies. Let us adopt the slogan of “when you see something, say something.”
The Lagos police commissioner also advised the state government to put in place urgent measures against the activities of commercial motorcycles riders, popularly known as Okada in the state.