Post #EndSars: Ilasamaja police station will be ready soon -Isolo LCDA

By Abolaji Adebayo

The Chairman of Isolo Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Hon. Shamsudeen Olaleye (Shammeh), has emphasised his pledge to complete the long-abandoned Ilasamaja Police Station.

The council boss had promised that he would complete the station to serve as permanent station for the police in the community following the destruction of the old building formerly used by the police during the EndSARS protest.

There had been controversy between the community and the council authority on which of the two buildings owned by the community and the government should the police relocate to after the destruction of their station.

The two buildings were being constructed to serve as police stations.

However, growing out of patience for the absence of police personnel in the community because the officers eventually relocated to Area D immediately after the incident, a common ground was met and both parties agrees that the police should permanently move to the two-storey building built by the council authority but for the main time, they should temporarily move to the complex built by the community since it is still in a more conducive state, pending the time the council will complete its project.

Although, it was observed that the police had since comfortably moved to the old complex as agreed, nothing has been done on the other complex two months after the promise was made.

Meanwhile, the Secretary to the Local Government (SLG), Hon. Emmanuel Olojede told our correspondent that the project would be captured in the year 2021 budget and will be completed anytime soon.

“The station will be completed this year, it will be included in this year’s budget,” he said.

Answering question on why the council has not prepared its year 2021 budget, Olojede said the effect of the outbreak of coronavirus was delaying the budget, assuring that it would soon be presented to the legislative arm.