As part of the measures to checkmate the rising level of armed robbery attacks against banks especially in the Ijebu Ode area, the Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, has approved the purchase of an Armored Personnel Carrier, APC, for the Nigerian Police. The APC which would arrive in a matter of days would be deployed in the Ijebu Ode area and would reinforce the combat readiness of the Nigerian Police   to confront the perpetrators of the bank robberies.

The Governor said the purchase and deployment of the APC is among some of the new security measures which have been taken to ensure that banks and other financial institutions in Ijebu Ode and other parts of the State operate without any hindrance or fear of invasion by hoodlums. He said the Ogun State Government would continue to support the Nigerian Police while a new initiative geared towards ensuring a permanent halt to the incidence of armed banditry against banks in the State would soon be unfolded.

The new initiative by the Government is its direct response to the armed robbery attack against a bank in Ijebu Ode on Tuesday August 17 when a gang of armed robbers sack the bank and made away with an undisclosed amount of money.  The Governor who was en route to Ijebu Ode for a schedule meeting with the Awujale of Ijebuland and other traditional Rulers insisted that his police escort and personal guards should take over the job of chasing the Robbers. He also insisted on going to the Robbery scene. It took the persuasion of the Governor before an angry crowd, which had formed to protest the non prompt response of security agents, could disperse. 

Thereafter Governor Daniel held a closed door meeting with the Police High Command during which some of the new measures were put in place for immediate implementation.  

Adegbenro Adebanjo, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor