THE Ogun and Oyo state governments will this week deploy drones to tackle incidences of kidnapping on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.Information Guide Nigeria

Ogun State governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, stated this on Tuesday when the management of Leadership Newspapers paid him a visit in his office.

Governor Abiodun said his government would neutralize abductors kidnapping people on the expressway, particularly on the Ogun section of the highway.JAMB portal

The governor added that the state, in conjunction with Oyo, had set up a joint security team to beef up security on the expressway.

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He further informed the management of the Abuja-based newspaper that visited him to inform him of his nomination as the newspaper’s Governor of the Year, that the synergy with Oyo State is meant to ensure that the flash points between Lagos and Oyo states are well covered by security teams. He said over 30 patrol teams have been formed between Oyo and Ogun states to tackle issues of kidnapping on the expressway, just as he added that the two state governments have gone ahead to clear the bushes on both sides of the road.NYSC portal

He said: “We set up a joint security team with the Oyo State government because we found out that the majority of these incidences are right at the boundary between us and Oyo State; they [hoodlums] take advantage of that area as a blind spot.

“As we speak today, I think, there are not less than 30 patrol teams on that corridor of Lagos-Ibadan expressway. These teams comprise soldiers, policemen, operatives from the DSS, men of the Civil Defence and vigilantes.JAMB Result

“The last thing we want is for people to travel with the fear of being kidnapped and nothing can be more terrible as we approach the Yuletide season.

“We’ve also gone ahead and cleared both sides of the road, because of that element of surprise that they introduce when they just jump out of the bushes and then kidnap and run away, so, we have approached our contractors to clear 50 metres on each side so it makes it difficult for them to use the bushes to hide.”