The Lagos State Constructing Management Company has condemned the growing assaults on its enforcement officers when finishing up their official duties.
In response to LASBCA’s Normal Supervisor, Mr Gbolahan Oki, some officers of the company had been not too long ago attacked whereas on a routine monitoring train round Musical Village, Awolowo Highway, within the Ikorodu space of the state.
Oki mentioned the officers had been attacked with charms and weapons and held hostage for hours.
Nevertheless, he mentioned no quantity of intimidation or harassment would deter LASBCA from finishing up its mandate to make sure secure and safe buildings throughout the state.
“These assailants not solely obstructed our employees but additionally held them hostage for hours. (However) these acts of hooliganism won’t deter us from finishing up our duties.
“Fortunately, we managed to beat these assaults with none casualties. Our employees’s resilience and fast responses have performed an important function in overpowering the assailants and stopping extra extreme penalties. These are the sorts of challenges we face each day in our bid to make sure that buildings within the state are secure and match for habilitation,” Oki mentioned in a press release on Thursday.
The LASBCA GM known as on the general public to grasp and assist the company in its mission to curb the menace of constructing collapses throughout the state, noting that incidents of harassment and assaults tended to jeopardise the company’s monitoring actions and will probably pose important threats to the general public.
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