It made headline news when it was reported that four armed men kidnapped the wife of a retired Assistant Inspector General of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, from her residence in the Arepo, Obafemi/Owode Local Government Area of Ogun state late last week.
It doesn’t matter that her husband is retired because, at that level, Odumosu still enjoys some component of police protection, which is also extended to his family members.
That these criminals were able to break into that protection ring brings to the fore their temerity and brazenness, which ought to serve as a challenge to the Police and other security operatives. If such a high-ranking police officer is so vulnerable, then it means that the ordinary citizen surviving each day can only be attributed to divine intervention.
It is even more astounding that days after the incident, the Police are still talking about efforts to rescue her and appealing to civilians to be vigilant and strengthen security measures in their various places…
Source: Leadership Newspaper