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  • Buildings of 6 floors and above must have CCTV – Lagos govt orders

    Buildings of 6 floors and above must have CCTV – Lagos govt orders

    The Lagos State Government has made it mandatory for building owners in the state to install Close Circuit Television Cameras (CCTV) on buildings of six floors and above.

    The state Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr Oluyinka Olumide, said this in a statement issued by the ministry’s Deputy Director of Public Affairs, Mr Mukaila Sanusi, on Tuesday.

    The commissioner said, “Property owners will, as a requirement for planning permit, now be mandated to install CCTV cameras in all existing buildings of six floors and above, along major roads in the state, as well as in all proposed or under construction buildings of six floors and above anywhere in the state.”

    Olumide said that commercial buildings in the state were not exempted from the requirement.

    He said that the aim was to  enhance security and improve public safety by increasing surveillance and deterring crime.

    According to him, the decision  aligns with  Lagos State Government’s vision for a technologically-advanced and well-managed city.

    The official said that  Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority would establish standards for camera systems, maintenance and inspection,  to ensure consistency.

    He added that property owners would be mandated to provide camera footage to security agencies on request.

    Olumide urged stakeholders to support the initiative, which he described as part of the Lagos State Government’s T.H.E.M.E.S Plus Agenda aimed at  improving quality of life for the state residents.

  • Adamawa orders hoteliers to install CCTV cameras after suspected ritualist beheads lady

    Adamawa orders hoteliers to install CCTV cameras after suspected ritualist beheads lady

    Adamawa on Monday gave hoteliers operating in the state a six-week ultimatum to install Close-Circuit Television cameras in their facilities for effective security surveillance and safety of patrons.

    The state’s deputy governor, Dr Kaleptapwa Farauta issued the ultimatum at an emergency security meeting she held with hotel proprietors in Adamawa.

    She warned that failure to unconditionally comply with the directive would be appropriately sanctioned.

    Responding, Mr Samuel Adwata, chairman of the association of hoteliers in Adamawa assured that the directive would be complied with speedily.

    Monday’s ultimatum followed Thursday’s beheading of a middle-aged divorcee in a hotel room in Yola by a suspected ritualist.

    Police in Adamawa have already arrested some suspects in connection with the beheading of the lady.

    Also arrested were three employees of the hotel who were on duty at the time of the incident.

    The suspected ritualist allegedly took his victim to the hotel where he was lodged as a guest, and thereafter beheaded her and left the scene with her decapitated head.

    Confirming the arrests on Friday, police spokesman in Adamawa, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, said: “the command has arrested three employees of the hotel and recovered drugs and telephone handset of the lady.

    “The drug and handset were recovered at the scene of the crime.

    The lady’s ex-husband, Mr Auwal Garba, identified the remains of his estranged wife at a hospital on Friday.

    Garba, who confirmed the identity of the deceased to the police, said she was his ex-wife, whom he married about six years ago.

    He said the union produced one child but due to some irreconcilable differences he divorced the lady in December, 2023.

  • Senate seeks probe into $500m CCTV contract in FCT

    Senate seeks probe into $500m CCTV contract in FCT

    The Senate has called on the Minister of Federal Capital Territory,(FCT) Chief Nyesom Wike to investigate the implementation of 500 million dollars contract on installation of CCTV cameras in the FCT.

    Senate resolution was sequel to the adoption of a motion on Galadimawa Kidnapping Tragedy at plenary on Wednesday.

    The motion was sponsored by Sen.Ned Nwoko(PDP-Delta).

    Nwoke in his lead debate expressed concern on the recent kidnapping incident in Galadimawa area of the FCT, involving multiple individuals, including his Senior Legislative Aide, Mr. Chris Agidy.

    He said two weeks ago, a distressing incident unfolded, where 19 individuals were forcefully taken from their homes in Galadimawa area of Abuja.

    Nwoke said, upon receiving the distressing news, immediate measures were taken, saying that he contacted the Commissioner of Police who swiftly activated the OC Anti-Kidnapping team to secure the release of those abducted.

    He, however, expressed regret that distressing updates from reliable police sources confirmed that out of the 19 individuals abducted, 12 have been killed, while seven remained in the custody of the kidnappers.

    He said efforts to ascertain the well-being and status of his staff, among the 7 individuals still held, was ongoing.

    Nwoke said there was a close coordination with the security operatives who have been diligently working on the matter.

    He, however, said the challenges persist, as contacting the kidnappers for negotiation has proven immensely difficult.

    “Their lines remain inactive, hindering direct communication and negotiation efforts.

    “According to security operatives, efforts are still focused on securing the remaining individuals held captive from the forested area approximately 100 km away, despite the daunting challenges faced in reaching the kidnappers.

    “As we await further updates from the authorities, we remain resolute in our pursuit of a swift and safe resolution to this distressing situation.”

    Contributing, Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe (APGA-Abia ) said kidnapping was not just in Galadimawa alone, but also in Lugbe, Kubwa Kuje, and other parts of the FCT.

    He said many residents in these areas no longer sleep in their homes for fear of being kidnapped.

    He said there was an urgent need for the senate to take the issue seriously as FCT its environs was under seige of kidnapping.

    Sen.Adamu Alero (PDP-Kebbi) said insecurity was everywhere in the FCT, saying that urgent steps needed to be taken to put a halt to it.

    He called for a revisiting of the 500 million dollars contract awarded for the installation of CCTV cameras in the FCT in the past.

    Alero said it was a shame, national embarrassment for kidnapping activities to be happening in the FCT, saying that the National Assembly had approved over N 1 trillion for security agencies to fight insecurity in Nigeria.

    Senate in its further resolutions, called for a Joint operation involving the Army, Police and DSS to intensify search efforts for the kidnapped victims.

    It also urge the Minister of FCT to revisit the installation of CCTV contract award within Abuja where over 500 million dollars has been spent and make the contractor accountable.

    It also called on the Inspector General of Police to increase the surveillance patrols in Abuja to prevent kidnapping.

    Senate also called on the IGP to conduct thorough investigation into the kidnapping in Abuja.

    It also mandated its committees on securities to enforce robust security measures within Abuja and prevail on security agencies to consider installation of the CCTV cameras within specific areas in Abuja and other parts of the country.

    It also urged its b Committee on FCT to liase with the FCT Minster on ways to resolve insecurity in Abuja.

  • LASU installs CCTV cameras to enhance security on campus

    LASU installs CCTV cameras to enhance security on campus

    The management of Lagos State University (LASU) has approved funds for the installation of Close Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras and other electronic gadgets to enhance security on campus.

    The Vice-Chancellor of LASU, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, disclosed this on Monday during the orientation programme for students of LASU School of Basic and Advance Studies (LASUSBAS), Badagry Campus.

    “In addition to this, we have also constructed a new security post and procured a new motorcycle to improve the safety of lives and properties in the premises.

    “In line with safety and security procedures, we have an active collaboration with external security agencies to complement the efforts of the university to improve safety of lives and properties of students and staff members.

    “Also, our administration has procured an ambulance and two new 100kva and 40kva generators for the Badagry campus and the hostel, respectively.

    “These are apart from the measures that have been put in place to ensure that our students commute with ease to and fro the university hostel on daily basis,” she said.

    Olatunji-Bello promised that the institution would increase admission opportunities for candidates who graduated from the programme.
    She stressed that any student that met the cut-off mark would not be denied admission into the 200 Level of the courses he/she desired to study in the university.

    The vice-chancellor urged them to remain focused to to be able benefit from the huge opportunities presented by the LASUSBAS programme.

    “I urge you to embrace hard work, shun vices such as cultism, cybercrimes popularly known as yahoo yahoo, sexual and gender-based violence, drug and alcohol related offences as well as examination malpractices.

    “Let me warn you that if you are found culpable of any of these misconducts you shall not be spared, but shall be made to face the penalty, in accordance with the rules and regulations of LASU.

    “I urge you to justify the huge investments of your parents in your education by being disciplined on and off campus,” she added.

    In his opening remarks, Prof. Yunus Dauda, the Director, LASUSBAS, commended the vice-chancellor for providing CCTV cameras, security posts and adequate laboratory equipment for science students.

    He also noted that Olatinji-Bello had refurbished all the classroom facilities on campus and provided a befitting cafeterias for students and staff.

    The director congratulated the vice-chancellor for her achievements since she assumed office.

    According to him, the facilities had impacted positively on academic activities as well as welfare of students and staff of the university.

    He urged the newly admitted students to consider their admission for the programme as a great achievement.

    Dauda urged them to work very hard and utilise their time well throughout the duration of the programme.

    He advised the students to shun cultism, gangsterism, examination malpractice and other form of nefarious activities on campus.

    LASUSBAS was formally known as JUPEB Foundation Programme.

    The highlight of occasion was the inauguration of a cafeteria block on the campus.

    NAN

  • Police arrest cultists who hacked rival to death in Lagos

    Police arrest cultists who hacked rival to death in Lagos

    The Lagos state police command has arrested suspected members belonging to Klansman Confraternity for allegedly shooting a member of the  Eiye Confraternity, Akinola Ayegbusi, to death in a restaurant at the Ketu, Alapere axis of Lagos.

    It was gathered that the suspects who were said to be on a revenge mission trailed the victim to the restaurant and shot him dead.

    On citing the suspects, the victim took to his heels but was eventually captured on the restaurant’s premises when the heinous crime happened.

     

    A Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) mounted on the restaurant’s premises captured the moment the victim was being attacked and eventually shot to death.

    The attack threw the security guard, workers, and customers, who came to patronize the restaurant into panic as they were seen in the video clip, running helter-skelter to escape from the crime scene.

    Some residents in the area who were still in shock quickly alerted the police after the suspects fled from the crime scene.

    “The policemen from the Alapere Division quickly mobilized to the restaurant. They evacuated the corpse and commenced an investigation,” the source said.

    The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, in a statement on Tuesday, identified three of the suspects as Jamiu Rasheed, Emmanuel Samson, and Sheriff Module.

    He said efforts were on to arrest other fleeing members connected to the crime, adding that the suspects would be arraigned after the investigation.

    Hundley said, “Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a suspected cultist, Jamiu Rasheed, 22, who was captured on CCTV on July 7, 2022, hacking and shooting to death, one Akinola Ayegbusi, a rival cult member at a restaurant in the Alapere area of Lagos State.

    “Investigations revealed that Jamiu has been a member of Klansman Confraternity since 2017 and has participated in the killing of two other rival cultists. Investigation into the crime also led to the arrest of the armourer of the group, one Sheriff Module, 26, who was found with two locally-made pistols; and one other cultist, Emmanuel Samson.

    “Sheriff who was also part of the killing confessed that it was carried out to avenge the death of their leader who was killed by the Eiye Confraternity on November 23, 2021. Efforts are ongoing to arrest other fleeing cultists. Suspects will be arraigned after investigations.”

    Hundeyin said the state Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alabi, called on parents and guardians, as well as traditional, religious, and political leaders to prevail on their children and wards, and the teeming youth population to stay away from cultism and other social vices.

     

     

  • Owo terror attack fallout: Akeredolu signs order forcing churches, schools, banks, others to install CCTV

    Owo terror attack fallout: Akeredolu signs order forcing churches, schools, banks, others to install CCTV

    Following the terror attack on St Francis Catholic, Owo, Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has signed an Executive Order for compulsory installation and use of close circuit television (CCTV) devices in all public and private institutions in the state.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports this is contained in a statement issued by Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Richard Olatunde, on Saturday in Akure.

    Akeredolu said that the order had become imperative in view of the increasing rate of insecurity in the country and the need to ensure security of lives and property in all public and private institutions as well as centres across the state.

    According to him, the order is pursuant to Section 176 (2) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, which vests such power in the governors, as the chief executives of their states.

    “The executive order shall be enforced at all religious places of worship, financial institutions (of all kinds), event centres, supermarkets and educational institutions (schools).

    “It will also be enforced in hotels/motels, guest houses, inns, restaurants, clinics and health centres, eateries (of all kinds), recreation or vehicular parks and other places regularly used by the public,” he said.

    The governor, therefore, called on owners, occupiers, managers and operators of public/private institutions within the state to instal, use and maintain CCTV devices and other secret cameras to monitor and keep surveillance on daily activities.

    Akeredolu said that the CCTV would monitor the ingress and egress of people and vehicles at the said places, venues and centres.

    “Apart from capturing all activities at the public/private institutions, it must also have data storage hardware, while data stored therein should be made available to security agencies whenever it is required.

    “The public/private institutions shall employ and maintain well-trained security personnel who shall man the entry and exit points to their various facilities/premises.

    “Where necessary, the owners and occupiers of public/private institutions shall erect well-fortified perimeter fences, with security posts at the entry and exit points,” he said.

    The governor further said that the order would be enforced by security agencies, particularly the Nigeria Police Force, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ondo State Security Network Agency (Amotekun) and Department of State Security Services (DSS).

    He added that violators of the executive order would be prosecuted in accordance with Section 203 of the Criminal Code (Cap. 37), Laws of Ondo State of Nigeria.

  • Why CCTV should be installed in places of worship – Police commissioner

    The Commissioner of Police, Kwara State Command, CP Tuesday Assayomo, has urged the leadership of religious bodies on the appropriateness of putting some security arrangements in their places of worship, including CCTV cameras.

    Assayomo disclosed this during a security meeting with the command’s strategic security managers at the Police Officers Mess, Ilorin on Monday.

    The CP also advised employers of private or local guards to complement those provided by the police.

    He said the meeting was convened to review the existing security strategies in the state.

    According to him, the command is not unaware of some security breaches in some states leading to the death  of many citizens, the banning of Okada operations in some States, especially Lagos State, which has sent jitters in the spines of some people in Kwara.

    “Owing to the proximity of Kwara state to Lagos State, people are nursing the fear that the banned Okada operators may head for Kwara State with all its attendants risks,” CP said.

    The CP directed Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers and Command’s Tactical Units  to intensify patrols in their Areas Of Responsibilities (AORs), intensify intelligence gathering and to also apply effective mobilization of vigilante groups, hunters and other local security apparatus in their AORs.

    He also called on motorcycle and Tricycles Unions in Kwara to embark on adequate profiling of both existing and new members for easy identification and monitoring.

  • Nigerian jailed over six years for rape in UK

    Nigerian jailed over six years for rape in UK

    A Nigerian man, Kenneth Ajilore, has been sentenced to six and half years for rape by the Nightingale court based at Hendon Magistrate Court.

    Ajilore, who is of Prince George Road, Stoke Newington, was accused of raping a woman inside a car.

    According to Hackney Gazette, detectives began an investigation after a woman, aged in her 20s, reported being raped in a car after a night out in Stoke Newington.

    The attack took place in the early hours of September 17, 2021. The woman told officers that Ajilore invited her into a vehicle and drove her to different locations across the city.

    The accuser took photos of the vehicle which detectives used to trace it back to Ajilore.

    They discovered he had hired it on the morning of September 16. To further prove Ajilore was responsible for the attack, officers talked to several witnesses and examined mobile phone data.

    They also recovered CCTV footage and carried out DNA analysis which linked Ajilore to the victim.

    Ajilore was arrested three days later on September 20.

  • Just In: CCTV footage of Baba Ijesha tampered with – Expert reveals

    Just In: CCTV footage of Baba Ijesha tampered with – Expert reveals

    An Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court has heard that the content of a Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) recording on popular actor James Olarewaju aka Baba Ijesha may have been tampered with.

    A defence witness and expert in CCTV installation and maintenance, Engr. Adeleke Lawrence made an allusion to this while being led in evidence by Babatunde Ogala (SAN) in the ongoing trial of Ijesha Baba.

    Baba Ijesha is facing a six-count charge of child defilement bordering on allegations of indecent treatment of a child, sexual assault, attempted sexual assault by penetration and sexual assault by penetration before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo.

    The first video showed the defendant sitting on a sofa with the survivor.

    Two men and a woman walked out in the recording, which had no audio.

    Asked of his opinion on what he saw, the witness said: “The gentleman and the lady appeared to be acting the way they were asked to do.”

  • OAU student’s murder: Hotel owner, Adedoyin’s lawyer reacts to CCTV footage

    OAU student’s murder: Hotel owner, Adedoyin’s lawyer reacts to CCTV footage

    Mr. Abiodun Williams, one of the lawyers representing the proprietor of Hilton Hotel, Ile-Ife, Dr Ramon Adedoyin, has urged the public to disregard the social media story that a closed-circuit television footage showing the killers of Timothy Adegoke has been discovered, saying the police has not released any report on their investigations.

    Williams, in a statement on Sunday, decried the method being used by the bloggers to whip up public sentiment against the Adedoyin and members of his family, describing it as a major distraction for the police currently trying to unravel the cause of the death of the student of Obafemi Awolowo University.

    He said, “We are shocked to see a viral video online claiming that a CCTV footage has been found showing Dr. Adedoyin and two others entering Adegoke’s room at the Hilton Hotel and later emerging with his corpse. The mastermind of the video is an Ibadan-based blogger, Hamzat Oriyomi.

    “We call on the police to invite Hamzat to assist with their investigations since he claims to know so much about the unfortunate death of Adegoke. We don’t intend to join issues with him on his hatchet job and efforts to incite the public against Dr. Adedoyin over the unfortunate incident.

    “We think however that the police ought to involve him in their investigations since he claims to know so much about the incident. His recent claim that he saw the CCTV footage establishing murder is grievous and should not be taken lightly by the police. In fact, we challenge him to post the footage online so that the public will see the faces of the murderers as he has claimed.

    “Dr. Adedoyin has been in police custody for about two months, denied bail and even a chance to be attended to by his doctors. As his legal counsel, we believe in his innocence as he was not even in Ile-Ife or has been in the hotel at least one month before the incident.

    “We believe an investigation of this nature should be carried out carefully with diligence by the police and not a meddlesome interloper, and this should not be an avenue to settle some personal scores against an individual.

    “The need to unravel the cause of Adegoke’s death is of utmost importance at this point and the police should spare no efforts in ensuring that innocent people are not made to suffer as a result of social media bullying, injurious falsehood, criminal defamation and wicked propaganda.”