Fear Of Boko Haram: Lagos Police Restrict Access To Public Places

Following weekend's bomb blasts in Kuje and Nyanya areas of the Federal Capital Territory, the Lagos State police command is taking measures to forestall a possible infiltration of the metropolis by insurgents.

This is particularly urgent as Lagos was rumoured to have been targeted at the same time the bombers planned the Abuja blasts.

To give a bite to the measure, the Lagos police has said that residents will have to submit themselves to screening by bomb experts and bomb detectors before they can be allowed into any public place including motor parks and shopping malls, henceforth.

The decision is against the backdrop of the Friday twin bomb blast at Abuja on Friday.

In a statement, the spokesperson for the Lagos state police command, DSP Joe Offor said the command has created a Tactical Operation Point, TOP, in all entry points of the state.

The statement reads: "Members of the public are by this release informed that such Tactical Operation Point should not be seen as the old fashioned/banned road blocks because as far as the command is concerned road blocks remain banned.

" Given the twin bomb blast that occurred at Kuje and Nyanya areas of FCT Abuja on Friday, and in line with the policing strategy of the leadership of Lagos State police command, the state's Commissioner of Police, CP Fatai Owoseni, wishes to inform residents of Lagos not to panic and but to go about their normal businesses without any fear.

''In the circumstance, measures have been put in place to forestall the occurrence of such ugly incident here in Lagos"

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