Edo CP undertakes to provide security to any Mall, Supermarket or Pharmacy who will operate till late as provided for by Law.

By:Douglas Ogbankwa Esq 

The Commissioner of Police Edo State,CP Phillip Aliyu Ogbadu PSC+, at a courtesy call of the Police Management Team in Edo State  to the Leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association Benin Branch, the Lion Bar, led by Pius Idemudia Oiwoh AICMC, undertook to provide security to any Mall, Supermarket or Pharmacy which open late as provided by Law in Edo State.

In an unusual novelty ,the Commissioner of Police, Edo State, CP Phillip Aliyu Ogbadu PSC+, paid a courtesy call on the Leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association, (NBA) Benin Branch, the Lion Bar, led by Pius Idemudia Oiwoh AICMC.

The Commissioner of Police, Edo State, CP Phillip Aliyu Ogbadu PSC+, thanked the Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association Benin Branch, the Lion Bar, Pius Idemudia Oiwoh AICMC,for leading a vibrant Bar that that has synegized with the Police in Edo State, in ensuring a seamless Administration of the Criminal Justice System in the State.

In his response, the  Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, Benin Branch, Pius Idemudia Oiwoh AICMC, thanked the Commissioner of Police, Edo State, CP Phillip Aliyu Ogbadu PSC+, for his accessibility since assuming the realms of office in Edo State. The NBA Benin Branch Chairman used the opportunity of the meeting to push for the permission of  Lawyers in Edo State  to have full access to their phones when going about the business of their clients at the  SCIID ,Benin City, which was duly approved by the Commissioner of Police, Edo State as he promptly instructed the Egg Heads of the State SCIID, Benin City,  present to stop the practice of  Lawyers dropping their  phones before accessing the State CIID, Benin City, forthwith.

The Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association Benin Branch, the Lion Bar, Pius Idemudia Oiwoh AICMC used the occasion to also introduce  to the Commissioner of Police, Edo State and his Team, the Benin Bar/ Police Monitoring Committee led by Douglas Ogbankwa Esq.

Douglas Ogbankwa Esq. the Chairman of the Benin  Bar/Police Monitoring Committee used the opportunity of the visit to push for the setting up of the Bar Police Joint Situation WhatsApp Room which was promptly approved by the amiable Commissioner of Police, Edo State, CP Phillip Aliyu Ogbadu PSC,+,with out any delay.

The meeting was coordinated on the side of the Benin Bar by Ogaga Emoghwanre,the Publicity Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association Benin Branch, the Lion Bar and on the Police side by the Police Public Relations Officer.

It was a Congenial environment filled with conviviality and mutual respect as the Police Management Team and the Benin Bar shared ideas for the betterment of the  Edo Society.