A new Commissioner of Police (CP), Idowu Owohunwa, has been sworn-in in Lagos State.
The swearing-in ceremony was held at the police headquarters in Ikeja on Tuesday.
At the ceremony, Mr Owohunwa told his personnel that “our bond with Lagosians is to keep them safe and secure. Lagosians want this done within the context of rule of law, professionalism, and utmost respect for their fundamental human rights.
He said he was prepared to deliver on this mandate with utmost commitment and dedication.
“I promise to work assiduously to provide the requisite leadership to Lagos State Police Command in a manner that will prioritise discipline, training and capacity development, professionalism, and public accountability in a manner that will leave the government and Lagosians in no doubts of any sort of our renewed commitment to policing them within their expectations,” he said.
“I promise that under my watch, I will be hard on deviants within the fold of the state police command who continually bring us into disrepute and pitch us against the citizens we are paid to serve and protect”.
The new police chief also called for improved operational efficiency and strong inter-agency synergy with the military detachments and other state and federal law enforcement and public safety agencies in the state.
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