Aftermath of #Endsars: Sanwo-Olu Receives IGP in Lagos

The Governor of Lagos State Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the company of the Deputy Governor, Dr Obafemi Hamzat and the Chief of Staff, Tayo Ayinde received the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Muhammed Adamu, at the State House in Marina on a commiseration visit on tuesday.

According to the IGP, his mission to Lagos state was to assess the police assets that were vandalised after the protest and to commiserate with residents.

“Lagos was the epicentre where the EndSARS protest took place and the number of destruction in the subsequent violence was more in Lagos than any other part. I came to commiserate with the Governor and people of the State. The destruction they suffered was uncalled for.

“The second leg of my visit is to see the police stations destroyed and boost the morale of our men in Lagos. We don’t want them to be demoralised by the event in which they suffered personal attacks. Policemen are trained to take such pain. Now that the event has happened, it shouldn’t discourage us from performing our constitutional duties.”

On the other hand, Governor Sanwo-Olu intimated the IGP on the move by the State Government to rebuild the razed police stations and offer scholarship awards to the children of the officers killed in the violence.

Sanwo-Olu also pledged that the State would be championing a cause to improve citizen-police relationship in order to prevent re-occurrence of the issues that led to the EndSARS protest.

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