LAGOS: Police beef up security around cold store for Covid-19 vaccines

THE Staff Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has deployed policemen to beef up security around the cold store where Covid-19 vaccines are kept in the Ikeja area of the state.

Odumosu also ordered that the entire surroundings of the store be cordoned off and made free of intruders

This was contained in a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Muyiwa Adejobi.

According to the statement the CP, who gave the order after inspecting the cold store,  cautioned  members  of staff at the cold store to prevent unauthorised access to people who are not permitted on the premises of the store.

Adejobi said, “The state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, on Tuesday, March 9, 2021, inspected the Lagos State cold store, located in Ikeja, where the COVID-19 vaccines are being kept for adequate deployment of men and security of the vaccines.

“The CP, who was received by the Lagos State Immunisation Officer, Mrs Bola Orefejo and team, warned the staff at the cold store to be sensitive to the safety of the vaccines and ensure that unauthorised staff or individuals are not allowed into the premises of the cold store

“The police boss, however, directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Operations, DCP Ahmed Kontangora, to deploy adequate police personnel to the facility and ordered the Area Commander, Area F, ACP Ali Zongo and Divisional Police Officer, Ikeja, CSP Taiwo Oyewale to personally supervise the men detailed to provide security for the staff and the vaccines accordingly.

“The CP also warned that the entire surroundings of the store be cordoned off while the entire area is made free of intruders.”

Governor Sanwo-Olu  confirmed, yesterday, that the state received doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines.

He said this  at the 2021 International Women’s Day celebration organised by the Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.

According to figures given by officials of the state, Lagos, which is the epicentre of the lethal virus,  leads vaccines allocation with 507,000 doses