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The chairman of Badia East Community Development Association (CDA), Raymond Teodunjaye, in a chat with Saturday Tribune, said, “Our side is one of the communities in Ijora where we have a large concentration of households from the Northern part of the country. We have been living together cordially and we have ensured that there is a community meeting where we interface and also discuss security issues on a monthly basis.
“And don’t forget that Ijora, about four years ago, was the place where some bandits from the North gathered with a plan to blow up some oil facilities in the Apapa area before they were exposed and captured..Tap Here for the Full Story
“The building where they hibernated then, where the plan was conceptualized, I can tell you, as I’m speaking with you, the building has been pulled down. The building was owned by a state government, but for neglecting the property and allowing the property to be used by the bandits for their planned action, the government of Lagos State has pulled down the building and the place’.
The community leader further said “It’s now a fallow land. There’s nothing there. So we have put everybody on red alert based on the security reports that some bandits from the North are to infiltrate Lagos.
“We have asked everybody to be on alert. We have also asked everybody around to be security-conscious. And this we have been doing from time to time.
“We are fully prepared to ensure that no bandit is allowed within our community, no infiltration of any unknown persons. Once we see an unknown person who does not reside within the community, we challenge him and we bring it to the notice of the security operatives we have around.
We have the members of the Oodua People’s Congress,(OPC ), who serve as security watch within the community both day and night.
“And we have told every member of the community, either young or old, when you notice any new person, the face of any new person or a strange person in the community, quickly call an elder who will bring the information to the notice of the OPC members who will quickly call the person to order and profile him to know his mission within the community.
“I can assure you we are security-conscious in our community and we have put everybody on red alert to be watchful about newcomers within the community”.
