GIVE ACCOMMODATION TO CRIMINALLY-MINDED TENANTS, GO TO JAIL, GOVERNOR ABIODUN TELLS LANDLORDS

The Governor maintained that any landlords or property owners harbouring criminals will not be only arrested, but such property would be demolished,  stressing, “let me use this to sound a notice of warning to landlords and property owners that any property found harbouring criminals in the State will be arrested and prosecuted, and such property will be demolished.

“Let me state in clear terms that, no part of Ogun State will be a safe haven for criminals. We shall smoke them out and arrest them. Ogun State will continue to be a paradise, but for those with premium criminal tendencies, hell shall be their child play.

“Those criminals are not ghost, they’re not spirit. They live within us and we must strive to fish them out. We are committed to create a conducive environment for the public private partnership investment and we will not allow anybody to threaten the peaceful coexistence of the state” He said.

The Governor also said that the government would soon launch the State security trust fund with a bill at the State Assembly where there will be stiff penalty for criminals.

Penpushing further reports that the Governor also said as part of efforts to curb criminality in the state, he had instructed that 25 metres of the State road along Sagamu/Ore/Benin-Lagos Expressway should be cleared off.

“Be rest assured that no part of the State would be left aside be it Ipokia, Odeda, Abeokuta north, Abeokuta South, Imeko, and other part of the State would be left alone”

The Governor commended President Muhammadu Buhari for providing the necessary equipment to fight crime in the State, and also praised men and officers of Ogun State command for their swift rescue of the five kidnap victims at Ogbere-Sagamu section of Benin-Lagos express road.