3rd September, 2010
Former councilor and prominent community builder in Somolu Local Government area of Lagos State, Hon. Bowale Sosinmi has charged the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Marvel Akpoyibo to find ways of stemming the high rate of armed robbery and other criminal activities in the state and particularly along Ikorodu road.
According to Sosinmi, the rate armed robbers are operating on Ikorodu road at night, especially at Jibowu, Fadeyi and Onipanu bus stops is becoming rampant and there is need to bring their ungodly acts to an end, he stated.
The former Supervisor for Works in the council area, also appealed to the youths in the council area to embrace peace and dialogue in settling their disputes instead of attacking each other violently whenever there is a dispute, especially as the general election is approaching and appealed to everyone to stay in their respective houses and when its time to go to the pools, to perform their civic responsibilities and go back to their houses peacefully, while also appealing to politicians to participate in the elections in the spirit of sportsmanship and not make it a do or die affair but a constructive means to a positive end.