The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, has called on the government at the federal and state levels to provide appropriate logistics and improved welfare packages for police, as well as security and regulatory agencies, to enable them to carry out their statutory responsibilities effectively.
Oba Akiolu, who spoke when the President of the Police Officers’ Wives Association (POWA) and wife of the Inspector-General of Police, Dr Elizabeth Egbetokun, paid a visit to his palace in Lagos, said that without adequate logistics support, the police and other security agencies would not be able to do much.
The monarch noted that the police and other security agencies are doing well.
Oba Akiolu noted that the police job is one of the best in the country, and if any officer is able to do it right, he or she will be very successful.
He, however, enjoined police officers to be good, civil and always speak the truth, especially to politicians, telling them what is possible and what is not.
Oba Akiolu urged the Federal Government to subject all civilian security officers to thorough police scrutiny, as many of them are dismissed officers.
The monarch, while applauding the POWA leadership for the successful hosting of its national conference in Lagos, implored the police officers’ wives to continue playing a supportive role in their families and communities.
