The call came on the heels of gang war
on the Island, which had been going on for two weeks, leading to the death of
at least six people and arrest of over 24 suspects.
The leader of the killer group, Falapa,
has been declared wanted by the police. Adebayo made the call while Akinyede
was receiving an award from a media outfit.
A security expert, Dr. Ona Ekhomu,
described the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, the Lagos
Commissioner, Edgal and Akinyede as quintessential police officers. He said
that the three officers, in recent times, have contributed immensely to
reduction of crimes in Lagos and the entire country with their crime prevention
and detection methodology.
According Ekhomu, kidnapping has dropped
sharply because of the arrests and killing of most of the kingpins like Evans
and Vampire.
Although Ekhomu commended Edgal and
Akinyede for clamping down on notorious street urchins on Lagos Island, he was
also quick to say that it was not yet Uhuru.
He tasked police chiefs in the country
to put an end to violent crimes such as militancy, cultism, kidnapping and
armed robbery.
The Vice-Chairman of Christian
Association of Nigeria (CAN), South-West, Bishop Magnus Atilade, said the
crime-bursting technique of Edgal and Akinyede, whom he said were worthy
ambassadors of the police, was unique in in the history of policing in Nigeria.
Atilade asked both officers to do more “because God sees all."
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