Ogun, Oyo to deploy drones on Lagos -Ibadan Expressway, says Abiodun

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun on Tuesday said plans have been concluded to deploy drones and adequate security operatives along Lagos -Ibadan Expressway to address kidnapping and other crimes on the busiest road in the country.

Abiodun, who stated this when he hosted the management of the Leadership Newspapers in his office, said the plan is in collaboration with Oyo State.

According to him, a joint security team has been set up by the two states to beef up security along the expressway.

“We set up a joint security team with the Oyo State government because we found out that the majority of this incidences are right at the border between us and Oyo State; they take advantage of that area as a blind spot”.

“As we speak today, I think, there are not less than thirty patrol teams on that corridor of Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. These teams comprise soldiers, policemen, operatives from the DSS, men of the Civil Defence and vigilantes. The last thing we want is for people to travel with the fear of being kidnapped and nothing can be more terrible as we approach the Yuletide season.

“We’ve also gone ahead and cleared both sides of the road, because that element of surprise that they introduce when they just jump out of the bushes and then kidnap and run away, so, we have approached our contractors to clear 50 meters on each side so it makes it difficult for them to use the bushes to hide,” Abiodun said.

The governor also disclosed that drones would be deployed to aid security agents to monitor and see the activities in the area.

“We are going beyond deployment of security teams; we are deploying drones to cover that road. These are drones that will allow us to see exactly what is happening there even before any occurrence,” he added.