The immediate past Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, says that when he took over as governor in 2007, the Rapid Response Squad, which is an arm of the Lagos State Police Command set up to respond to emergencies within the state, had only 37 guns.

The Senior Advocate of Nigeria, however, said after investing heavily in equipment for the police, the capability of the police was boosted, thereby leading to a huge reduction in the rate of crime in the state.

Fashola said this during a programme on Channels Television titled “View from the top,” on Monday.

He said, “We need to provide equipment and resource for security personnel. If they do not have equipment and resource, they will not be able to do their work. One of the things I found out at the security town hall meeting was that the Rapid Response Squad that was responsible for responding to violent crimes, had only 37 rifles at the time.

“And that was the period when we had bank robberies almost every day of the week. People forget that now. We had robberies and carjacking and what we used to see was that police would respond after the robbers had gone.

“So, during my first meeting with them, I asked them why they arrived at crime scenes late and we learnt there were no vehicles, no fuel supply and more importantly, they did not have enough guns. Most of the guns were at the police stations and the RRS of almost 2,000 personnel had only 37 guns.”

Fashola said his administration started life insurance policy for the policemen and also acquired bulletproof vests and thousands of patrol vehicles to make their jobs easier.

He said the policemen were paid monthly allowance to augment the salaries they received from the Federal Government.

Fashola, who left a debt of over N150bn for his successor, Akinwunmi Ambode, said he did not regret procuring loans to finance capital intensive projects as this was the practice in developed nations.

http://www.punchng.com/news/rrs-had-37-guns-when-i-became-governor-fashola/

hmmmm

so?....what is the point?,i dont get it

Fashola, I dey observe your tactics o. U dey try talk say Tinubu no do anything for Lagos be dat abi...

Amastermovic:
next topic gun wey be sey na to scare innocent people without ammunition... TO SCARE LAGOSIAN U USED THEM TO SCARE PEOPLE AWAY WITH UR TASKFORCE WAHALA.. MTCHEEW NXT

At list you tired..... Minister sure you

baski92:
At list you tired..... Minister sure you

Gbagaunnnnnn

Yeah we all know Tinubu is worse than T A Orji ... Keep confirmning it sir.

37 guns? Any document to back up this claim?

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Well that's your work Mr. Fash, I see no reason for making noise on this afterall you didn't buy those guns with your personal money.
And how much does it cost to purchase guns as against what you budgeted for it?

ladyteska:
so?....what is the point?,i dont get it

You're supposed to clap for him.

stinggy:
Well that's your work Mr. Fash, I see no reason for making noise on this afterall you didn't buy those guns with your personal money.
And how much does it cost to purchase guns as against what you budgeted for it?

stinggy:
Well that's your work Mr. Fash, I see no reason for making noise on this afterall you didn't buy those guns with your personal money.
And how much does it cost to purchase guns as against what you budgeted for it?

Errmm maybe he was asked a question that required the response he gave.

mrmetoo1:


Errmm maybe he was asked a question that required the response he gave.

chimkaire:

Is Fashola trying to fight Tinubu dirty as he tries to unsuccessfully stop Fash from been given appointment by Buhari. This is what you should have done since. You almost allow this Thieftubu to ruin your political career. I am happy you are beginning to be a man of your own.

How true can this be

lolaxavier:

Gbagaunnnnnn

na u get ur mouth

yorke1:
How true can this be

Why can't this be true? Should it come as a surprise to you?

Now I am fully convinced that the bank robbery some few months backs during the the former president Jonathan's campaign visit to Lagos was caused by the former president as rightly said by Fashola months back. But PDP criticized him and called him a liar. Now the truth is out.

This isn't far fetched. President Jonathan was in town that day and according to the Lagos State Police Command, more than 2,000 men and women of the Police Force were on streets for that special assignment. It is not improbable that the robers capitalised on the shift in attention of security men and an unconscionable allocation of public security resources.

Jonathan caused the bank robbery.