The need for inter service synergy, particularly between the Military and the Police, has again been stressed, as it was the only solution to adequately tackle acts of criminality.

General Officer Commanding Eighty-one Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Enobong Okon, who made the call during a coutersy visit on the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Police Command, Imohimi Edgal, in Ikeja.

Okon who frowned on the inter rivalry beteern the Police and the Military, said emphatically that senior officers at the helm of affairs of both sides should be blamed for the cause, informing that the main reason for his visit was to chat a new course of peace between policemen and soldiers.

To start with, he said he had started preaching to his men against quarreling or fighting with any policeman in public, saying it was against the constitution of the Nigerian Army.

He therefore, urged senior police officers present to take he message back to their units and commands and also called on the need for big sides to see themselves as friends instead of enemies.

To solidify the move, the GOC said joint trainings, route match , show of force should be held between both sides regularly to pass the message of inter service synergy. To further foisted this, he invited the CP, his lieutenants and other senior police officers to an Army event tagged ‘ Multi Agency Solidarity lunch and happy hour which the holds every month, adding that the invitation would also be extended to other agencies in Lagos.

Responding, the CP, who described the GOC’s visit as being apt, stated that the synergy between security agencies in Lagos was next to none, pointing out that some breakthroughs recorded by the command had been in joint collaboration with the Military in particular.

For instance , he stated specifically that the Military played a role in tackling the menance of Badoo, as well as other operations carried out in trouble prone areas in the state.

He pointed out the constitutional role of the Police included performing other roles played by the military, while the military by constitution, are meant to play supplementary role.

He explained that the strength of the command can not adequately match the on , revealing that 72,000 persons enter the state daily without returning back. He therefore commended the Military for assisting in combating crime.

He said :” we may have different roles but we are working for same government and have same mandate of ensuring that peace reigns .

It is also our duty to permiate down our men . we’re one. But unfortunately, as human beings, there might’ve misunderstanding . But we must quickly rise up to that, so that the situation does not escalate”.

He assured that he command under his watch would not only stregthen the synergy but would build a platform where subsequent CP, would tailor the line.