Lagos State Police Command, has inaugurated ‘Operation Know Your Neighbour’ to check cultism and drug peddling in the state.

Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, inaugurated the operation during a town hall meeting hosted by Area G Command in Ogba, Lagos.

According to Imohimi, people have taken the issue of knowing one’s neighbour for granted, and this was militating against the safety of the society.

Imohimi, said community policing was based on partnership, saying it was the people that could determine how their problem would be solved.

He said no fewer than twenty persons were in police custody for cult-related crimes and having arms and ammunition in their possession.

Imohimi, also urged residents not to allow drug peddlers to hide in their neighbourhood and turn their children into drug addicts.

He urged members of the public to be vigilant, as crime was dynamic in nature.

The commissioner of police said no fewer than 25 persons were in police custody for cult-related crimes and having arms and ammunition in their possession. “Cultists are also members of the society. It is high time all traditional, civil and every other groups that have influence on youths take issues of cultism and awareness seriously.”

Imohimi subsequently gave out the Citizens Complaint Hot Centre numbers for members of the public to report police unprofessional conduct.

He said: “The CCHC numbers are: 08067945296, 08063025274, 08063104759, 08113615350, 08113683079, 08096283148, 08096283173, 08089781657, 08126404930 and 08081426895.”