Lagos State Police Command, has ordered immediate deployment of more police operatives to the correctional centres in the state to forestall any form of attack.

Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu says the decision for the deploymen was reached after the Lagos police boss met with the Controller of Correctional Service in Lagos State, Francis Adebisi, in his Ikeja office.

Odumosu met with Adebisi and top officers including Area Commanders, Mobile Police Commanders and Commanders of the Tactical Operational Units of the command in the state.

He at the meeting put the officers on red alert and also discussed reviewing operational strategies of the command towards forestalling any attacks in the state.

The Commissioner of Police engaged the officers in an interactive session to assess and brainstorm on having better security structures in the state and to prevent any attacks on police formations, correctional centre and vulnerable places within Lagos State.

According to Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyinwa Adejobi, the meeting agreed on many strategies to be adopted including robust intelligence gathering, surveillance, sectorising the state for easy policing, constant patrol and deployment of personnel to strategic places and multi-agency collaboration amongst others.

According to Adejobi, the Commissioner of Police promised the Controller that the police command would sustain the deployment of police mobile men to the various correctional centres in the state.

He also promised to partner the Correctional Service and other stakeholders to improve the Criminal Justice System in Lagos State, Adejobi said in the statement .

“The police boss gave clear directives to the full implementation and enforcement of the strategies adopted to achieve the goals of effective security of the state generally,” the statement added.

The statement also quoted the Controller of Correctional Service, Francis Adebisi, to have commended the efforts of the Commissioner of Police for providing adequate security for the residents of the state.

He also commended him for promoting sustainable synergy among the security agencies in the state.

The Lagos police boss met with the Controller of Correctional Centres in Lagos a day after some gunmen attacked the Police Command Headquarters and the correctional centre, all in Owerri.

Inmates numbering 1,844 escaped following the attack on the correctional centre while properties at the centre were set ablaze.