Sen. Tolu Odebiyi


 Senator Tolu Odebiyi over the weekend expressed concerns over the rising level of insecurity in the Country, urging  that all hands must be on the deck to curtail the situation including including increased surveillance and more intelligence gathering

Sen Odebiyi, who is the acting Chairman,  Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory, FCT further   allayed the fears of FCT  residents and disclosed that the Committee, in conjunction with the FCT Minister, Alhaji Mohammed Bello and security agencies, have been working round the clock to ensure that the FCT remains safe.

He assured the residents of the FCT of the security of their lives and properties, adding that the security agencies were well motivated to check the infiltration of the nation`s capital by bandits and terrorists. He dismissed allegations that that the FCT and its environs  have been encircled by bandits and terrorists

Odebiyi added that some of the measures that have been taken to secure the FCT include increased security surveillance, intelligence gathering, mounting of road blocks, stop and search and regular raiding of black spots within the FCT.

The Senator representing Ogun West in the Senate who was interacting with  newsmen in Abuja noted that no meaningful economic progress can be achieved in an atmosphere that is characterized by pervasive insecurity


 He, however, commended the security agencies for what they have been able to do so far to tame the monster, but noted that much more was needed to be done, especially in the area of surveillance and intelligence gathering.