The Makogi Police Station is currently observed by local people as an impressive unit that can speedily react to trouble calls and stop numerous violations from really developing.

The PUNCH reports that after numerous long stretches of doing combating theft and different violations, alleviation has come to occupants of Makogi, in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, following the foundation of a police headquarters in the area.

Initiated on June 10, 2020 by the Commissioner of Police in the state, Kenneth Ebrimson, Makogi Police Station is currently observed by local people as a considerable unit that can immediately react to trouble calls and stop numerous violations from really developing.

The Chairman, Makogi Area Community Development Committee, Mr Rotimi Afolabi, said difficulties presented by the separation between the network and Ibafo Police Station which covers the region birthed the venture.

He said a family given a bundle of land and occupants added to assemble the station inside 70 days.

Afolabi clarified, “Ibafo Police Station is around 17 kilometers to our locale. There are numerous unreported criminal cases on account of the separation. Knaves bring the law into their hands. At some point prior, there was a genuine battle among Yoruba and Hausa there. That was one reason we met up to set up the police headquarters.

“We assembled it inside 70 days through willful gifts by occupants after Ogunseye family gave us the land gratis. There was a day hijackers trailed an inhabitant to the network. He was hijacked before his home and whisked away.

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