The Nigeria Police in Lagos State, on Thursday said three more buildings housing 81 police families would be pulled down at the Highway Police Barracks, Ikeja due to structural defects.
Mr Maigari Dikko, the Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG), in charge of Works disclosed the plan to newsmen while inspecting a building that collapsed in same barrack where two persons lost their lives.
A Sergeant and a civilian lost their lives on Christmas Day when part of the toilet collapsed while they bathed.
That building was later pull down on the instruction of the Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Mr Fatai Owoseni.
The DIG works said he was instructed by the Inspector-General of Police Ibrahim Idris to visit the scene of incident and also to commiserate with the families of those that lost their lives.
“We have told some of them to vacate the buildings. The buildings are defective; they have been served quit notice to leave for a long time.
“We have asked Commissioner of Police in charge of Lagos command and the works department to enforce the relocation. We do not want a repeat of the incident in the barracks.
“The officers affected are not being evicted. They are asked to relocate for obvious reason of safety.
“Prevention is better than cure. The force headquarter is not sitting idle.
“We are working out a plan for a better rehabilitation of all defective buildings in all barracks across the nation. We are going to use our professionals to carry out the works.
“We are using direct labour to rehabilitate police barracks. The project will commence as soon as the government releases the needed fund’’, Dikko said.
The DIG said that all police officers affected would be given lodging allowance for relocation as soon as the government released the fund.
“That is the best we can do for them; we will not just throw them out, we will ensure they have something to relocate”, he added.
Some of the officers affected, who spoke with newsmen on condition of anonymity, were happy about the peomise of lodging allowance for their relocation.
“We will be happy if we have money to move to another accommodation. We are not against the rehabilitation plan of the force.
“We will also be happy to be re-allocated our apartments after the rehabilitation because barrack is safer for our families’’, they told NAN.
Each block of the two storey buildings accommodated 27 police families of rank and file, and some ASPs.
The Assistant Inspector-General of Police Zone 2, Mr Kayode Aderanti and Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Fatai Owoseni accompanied the DIG on the inspection.

www.vanguardngr.com/2016/12/3-buildings-housing-81-police-families-demolished-lagos/

Very good. A stitch in time saves nine.

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kelvee:
The Nigeria Police in Lagos State, on Thursday said three more buildings housing 81 police families would be pulled down at the Highway Police Barracks, Ikeja due to structural defects.
Mr Maigari Dikko, the Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG), in charge of Works disclosed the plan to newsmen while inspecting a building that collapsed in same barrack where two persons lost their lives.
A Sergeant and a civilian lost their lives on Christmas Day when part of the toilet collapsed while they bathed.
That building was later pull down on the instruction of the Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Mr Fatai Owoseni.
The DIG works said he was instructed by the Inspector-General of Police Ibrahim Idris to visit the scene of incident and also to commiserate with the families of those that lost their lives.
“We have told some of them to vacate the buildings. The buildings are defective; they have been served quit notice to leave for a long time.
“We have asked Commissioner of Police in charge of Lagos command and the works department to enforce the relocation. We do not want a repeat of the incident in the barracks.
“The officers affected are not being evicted. They are asked to relocate for obvious reason of safety.
“Prevention is better than cure. The force headquarter is not sitting idle.
“We are working out a plan for a better rehabilitation of all defective buildings in all barracks across the nation. We are going to use our professionals to carry out the works.
“We are using direct labour to rehabilitate police barracks. The project will commence as soon as the government releases the needed fund’’, Dikko said.
The DIG said that all police officers affected would be given lodging allowance for relocation as soon as the government released the fund.
“That is the best we can do for them; we will not just throw them out, we will ensure they have something to relocate”, he added.
Some of the officers affected, who spoke with newsmen on condition of anonymity, were happy about the peomise of lodging allowance for their relocation.
“We will be happy if we have money to move to another accommodation. We are not against the rehabilitation plan of the force.
“We will also be happy to be re-allocated our apartments after the rehabilitation because barrack is safer for our families’’, they told NAN.
Each block of the two storey buildings accommodated 27 police families of rank and file, and some ASPs.
The Assistant Inspector-General of Police Zone 2, Mr Kayode Aderanti and Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Fatai Owoseni accompanied the DIG on the inspection.

www.vanguardngr.com/2016/12/3-buildings-housing-81-police-families-demolished-lagos/

At the bolded OYO for the relocated officers cos in the present day government funds may not come till God knows.

Those who give a fuucckk went that way

Medicine after death

Chaiii





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What's my business, if you calculate the families that the Nigerian Police have collapsed due to their extra-judicial killings alone you wouldn't send these people.

That's their problem, if the building likes it should collapse on top of all their heads, e no concern me.
Afterall the police work nah dirty job.

Handsomecole:
What's my business, if you calculate the families that the Nigerian Police have collapsed due to their extra-judicial killings alone you wouldn't send these people.

That's their problem, if the building likes is it collapse on top of all their heads, e no concern me.
Afterall the job is a dirty job.

Some of those families may be innocent.

The response from the police officers is a good one

All the storey buildings in that barracks should be demolished. I almost threw up the day i went there for a traditional wedding.
The pillars have given way, the iron rods were already separated from the concrete floors, the soakway was uncovered and sewage was just flowing.

I couldnt even drink the water they offered me.

Most of these police barracks have old and weak buildings.

Police is your GUY.

Same way the families of those killed extra; judicially were innocent

omogidi234:


Some of those families may be innocent.

Oooops!

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Success on your project!

Right from childhood when l frequented the then Ikeja General Hospital, l have always structures in that barrack as run down!

pls dey shud do fast and work out d plans oooo....we no want here say police dn enter road begin dey shoot people anyhow cus say dem no dey sleep well again.

This DIG works is trying, I believe he will honour his words. He has renovated their living quarters here in Abuja. Our prayers hope he extends such measures to other Police living quarters across the federation.

Almost all police barrack in nigeria have dis same problem un kept barrack ..DIG should no dat not building or rehabilitation but yearly mtainance will keep de structure

GEJ gave funds to the police command to renovate that building three years ago, nothing came out of it . He (GEJ) even came to ikeja police unannounced to see the place and channels tv even showed it live the stinking environment then , but nothing came out of it. No query or sack of anybody indicted until the building collapsed to kill people, what a great country called nigeria.?

OjoChigozieNuhu:
At the bolded OYO for the relocated officers cos in the present day government funds may not come till God knows.