Ondo City, capital of Ondo Kingdom in Ondo State, was, at the weekend, sacked by flood.
Properties worth millions of naira were destroyed by the rampaging flood after about eight-hour downpour.
No life was lost.
The fence of one of the houses of the late lawyer and human rights activist, Chief Gani Fawehinmi (SAN), on Gani Fawehinmi Street, was destroyed.
A popular hotel, Esporta Suites, had a bitter dose as it was completely flooded.
In fact, guests were trapped in the hotel as they could not leave their rooms for fear of being overpowered by the flood.
Those on the ground floor were immediately evacuated to the upper floor because the flood had completely taken over their rooms.
Vehicles parked in the premises were submerged.
The property of the Chairman, Publicity and Publications, Ondo Development Committee (ODC) who is also the Executive Director, Eki FM Radio, Ondo, Alhaji Yemi Adewetan, was also affected.
Chief Adewetan, who spoke with Freedom Online, thanked God that no life was lost.
Areas mostly affected were New Nigeria, Ebido, Olorunsola, Ola-Oluwa, Lisaluwa, Ife Road, Itanla, Akure Road, Iranlowo, Oluwabamikole, Odojomu and others.
Flood sacks Ondo City; Gani Fawehinmi’s house, Eki FM Exec. Director’s property, hotel, others affected
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Acting president Yemi Osinbajo yesterday revealed the federal government’s
intention to develop a new policy on community policing.
He said the policy, which will be introduced soon, will help address the
issue of manpower in the Force and also address security challenges.
He gave the hint in Abuja at the launch of a book titled,
‘Law on Prevention and Detection of Crimes by the Police
in Nigeria’ authored by the former Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase.
Osinbajo who was represented by the special adviser on political matters to the president, Senator
Babafemi Ojudu, said, “There is no way we can continue with the way we are policing now and the federal government is looking carefully at the issue of community policing and very soon, we will come out with a policy on that.
“We have to look at other parts of the world when we are doing it.
Sitting down in Abuja by an IGP and policing the remote parts of the country and being in charge of the welfare of all the policemen across the length and breadth of the
country doesn’t seem to be working”.
Also speaking at the function, the chairman of the occasion and former governor of Cross Rivers State, Donald Duke, lent his voice to the establishment of state policing.
He noted that the decentralization of policing is the greatest prevention to crime and allows for better monitoring and intelligence gathering.
Hinting that Nigeria needs 1.8million policemen for proper policing, he said, “I must say that I disagree with
the author’s position that state policing, though theoretically ideal, will be abused and
that states indeed are too financially handicapped from embarking on this.
I posit instead that we must always strive for the ideal without losing
sight of reality, this reality being that we are severely under-policed.
“Our population may be approaching 200 million by 2020. The United Nations’ ideal statistics for police civil populace ratio is 1/100. In other words, at 180 million persons, we are in need of a 1.8 million police force”.
Also speaking, the author of the book, Arase said the
law enforcement role of the police can only be attained if officers have proper knowledge of what
law enforcement entails.
He said 21st century policing architecture of Nigeria ought to
deviate from the state of affairs and evolve into a knowledge-driven system that
is befitting of the country’s democratic values.
Meanwhile, a book, ‘Nigeria: The Restructuring Controversy’,
authored by Dr Mike Mbama Okiro, chairman of Police
Service Commission and retired Inspector General of Police, will join the
fray tomorrow as the nation grapples with
the search for a new political order.