On Wednesday, Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker Mudashiru Obasa warned the state's policy against the harassing, intimidating, and extorting people, urging them to be respected.
When the lawmakers honored the outgoing Commissioner of Police, Mr. Hakeem Odumosu, who has been upgraded to the rank of Assistant Inspector-General of Police and is set to retire in January 2022, Obasa remarked this on the House floor.
Because he is deemed to have efficiently controlled the state's security, Obasa said Odumosu was honored as the first commissioner of police in the state to appear before the lawmakers in the sacred chamber and address Lagosians on his experience and challenges with policing Lagos.
According to a statement released on Wednesday, the Speaker congratulated Odumosu for his transparency and response whenever concerns hurting the state's peace arose.
"It is important to call on those who are behind you to understand that the relationship between the police and the people needs to be constantly improved," Obasa said, adding that men of the Nigeria Police Force needed to build more trust among the people and show them that they were being truly served.
"Everyone deserves to be treated with decency and respect, and that is how we may win respect." "Policing should not be about harassment and extortion, but rather about creating trust and making people feel safe," Obasa urged.
The Commissioner of Police thanked the MPs for their support as he led a squad of cops to the House.
