SIR: Over the years, the influx of commercial activities at the Lekki corridor in Lagos particularly on the popular Admiralty Way hitherto known for its residential exclusivity has altered the land use configurations, hence the urgent need for a new security template. The security challenge has been a source of concern to both residents and owners of the numerous commercial outfits playing host to this estate.
The lack of security presence along the waterway has made the banks and other residential buildings soft targets of armed bandits.
Almost all the robberies carried out on this corridor were successful with little or no resistance from the security agents. The exposure of the waterway has been a subject of blame-game among the various arms of the law enforcement agencies.
It befuddles the mind how the Nigerian Navy whose security infrastructure is built to contain external aggressions is often demystified by these flying boat marauders who operate with Gestapo tactics during which many lives and properties are lost.
The festive period calls for more proactive and coordinated security measures from both the federal and state governments. A situation where robbers are allowed to operate for hours with minimal security response equates Nigeria with Thomas Hobbes state of nature where life is crude, brutish and short.
What is even more scandalous is the head-spinning trillions of Naira in the annual budget meant to run these security agencies. Could it be that the money meant for security hardware to tackle armed robbery has the same trajectory with the one meant to tackle Boko Haram?
- Bukola Ajisola,
Victoria Island, Lagos.