Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has described the establishment of an Army Forward Operation Base (FOB) in Epe as a new security strategy to secure Lagos.

Ambode said this was a new strategy to keep outer spaces safe, saying there was need the military presence in Ikorodu and Badagry.

He thanked the army and other security agencies, who he said had promptly moved in to eliminate criminal elements from Epe, an area he said was once noted for kidnapping and cultism.

The governor, however, said Lagos had remain relatively secured in the last three years following efforts of the security agencies, adding that was partly responsible for the growing economy of the state.

Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Tukur Buratai said a forward operation base would soon be set up in Ikorodu as part of efforts to rid the state of kidnapping, cultism, armed robbery and other forms of criminality.

Buratai also said the Army Ordnance Corps at Yaba and the 81 Division Ordnance in the state would soon be moved to Epe to give way for construction of rail track in those areas by the Federal Government.

He added the presence of those formations in the town would help to secure it as Epe serve as gate way to other states through land and sea.