Police Reform: Lagos Police Table 7 Requests Before Gov. Sanwo-Olu

The Lagos State Police Command led by the Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has tabled seven demands before the state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

AllNews reports that Hakeem Odumosu tabled the seven demands when Sanwo-Olu visited the State Police Headquarters in Ikeja on Wednesday.

Odumosu used the opportunity of the visit to table the seven demands before the state governor.

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The seven requests tabled before the governor was made known by the governor’s media aide, Jubril Gawat, in a series of posts on his Twitter account.

He wrote, “Governor @jidesanwoolu answering requests from the CP Hakeem Odumosu:

“1: The State Govt should foot bills of all police officers that sustained injuries. Mr Governor says: “Consider it Done” immediately.

“Request 2: That the State Government should consider payment of compensation to the Family of the deceased policemen. Governor @jidesanwoolu says the State Govt will compensate the family of the deceased officers during this period.

“Request 3: That the State Govt should take over the burial arrangements of deceased police officers. Governor @jidesanwoolu says the State Govt will take over the burial arrangements of deceased officers during this period.

“Request 4: That the State Govt should give scholarship to the children of Police deceased Officers. Governor @jidesanwoolu instructed the SA Education to attend to it immediately through the State Scholarship Board.

“Request 5: The Police Stations that have been burnt down. Governor @jidesanwoolu says the State has bigger plans for that and the Police Stations would be rebuilt to proper standards, to something that the Police officers would be proud of.

“Request 6: That the State Govt should help continue the building of the L-Wing to a U-Wing at the Command HQ. Governor @jidesanwoolu says the construction works will begin before the end of the year once space is available.

“Request 7: The Upgrading of the Police Cottage Hospital. Governor @jidesanwoolu says he would direct the Commissioner for Health to come and look at the hospital and determine what kind of improvements the hospital needs.”