*SPECIAL NOTICE TO LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT AND THE NIGERIAN POLICE*. ILOGBO EREMI PEOPLE IN OLORUNDA LCDA ARE LANGUISHING.

It's rather difficult to believe that there are still communities specifically in Lagos State and incredibly in Nigeria where life and its quality can only be compared to the stone age.

Worst still, one may erroneously believe that the area, like the historic BAKASSI Peninsula, probably because of its closeness to SEME border, had been released unannounced to a neighbouring Country, and so not counted any longer as part of the sovereign State of NIGERIA.

Life in *ILOGBO EREMI*, an ancient Community in OLORUNDA LCDA in Badagry LGA of Lagos State, calls for serious Government attention, and the Nigerian POLICE has to wade in too without further delay. People are not only suffering in that area of the State, they are daily been attacked so helplessly by criminals, the *AJEGUNLE Boys* who recently invaded the Community. People in the area now live with apprehension.

How do we narrate an ordeal faced by a 65 year old man who was robbed by these hoodlums of everything he had in his ramshackle building and as if that was not enough, he was ordered to have fun with his own daughter that was taking care of him.
The man, on hearing that, roared that *what an abomination?* He shouted that he would rather die than having sex with his own daughter. And the poor man was shot dead.

People in the Community cannot but live under great fear since they know that the small shop, labelled *POLICE POST* in ILOGBO EREMI can never hurt an ant, while Officers of AREA K POLICE COMMAND located at OKO AFO on the way to BADAGRY can never get to ILOGBO since the only road that links the area to life, that is, *OKO AFO-ILOGBO ROAD* is not passable, and thousands of people, especially Civil Servants have to trek the 2 km road day and night. One wonders why an area can be so abandoned.

Today, eminent people are packing out of the community as a result of poor infrastructure and current experiences of *INSECURITY*. Of note is the level of notoriety of OKADA Riders in the area, especially between OKO AFO and ILOGBO who will not only charge exorbitantly but will also rob and rape their customers in the night or very early hours of the day.

It is so bad that though the Elected Chairman of OLORUNDA LCDA - Hon. Olatunde, a bonafide Son of ILOGBO EREMI is equally helpless like any other person in the community in tackling either the ROAD Problem or the SECURITY situation.

*PRAYERS*

The OKO AFO - ILOGBO EREMI Road has become a death trap, especially for Civil Servants and Traders who are bound to go to work daily from the Community and its environ. This same road is relied on by more than 10 other Communities under Ilogbo including IJOHUN, IJOTUN, IPARA, OMOSOLA, SONVE, ERUUKU, AGUNAJE, GOMAJAI and many other smaller towns and Villages under Ilogbo Eremi where people enjoy no other Access Road apart from the now terrible OKO AFO - ILOGBO EREMI Road where even sand carrying Tippers sink at will.. Government just needs to come in.

The level of criminality in the area is increasing by the day. Since the hoodlums know that there is no Police access to the area, A lot of evils are being perpetrated. Ilogbo Eremi has then become a place where Armed Robbery, Ritual Killings and the like now thrive. A deliberate professional investigation of the activities of criminals in the area becomes very necessary and urgent by the Nigerian POLICE. .

The POLICE POST in ILOGBO EREMI needs to change its status to a POLICE STATION and has to be so equipped. Criminals have truly moved into the Area. All Security Agencies have to be involved in the combing of the Ilogbo Eremi area to fish out the criminals from their dens.

How I pray our amiable Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode will visit Ilogbo Eremi to confirm the above claims.

God bless Nigeria!