Yaba Police Station and Panti CID Barracks located between Yaba Local Government Secretariat and Lagos State Sports Commission office is presently in a state of near total disrepair and need urgent attention. Just like other Police Barracks nationwide lacking basic infrastructure, Yaba Police Station is currently more like a junkyard with all kinds of vehicles parked inside the barracks, barely leaving space for other human activities.

Lagos Metro’s interaction with a police officer residing in the barrack but who didn’t want his name in print disclosed that the barrack lacks basic infrastructure. The source also explained that the vehicles parked inside the barrack were collected from their owners due to accident cases or for being involved in cases still under investigation. The vehicles are also found to be rusting away, considering that they have been parked on the same spots for years.

The source recalled when one of the buildings in the barrack was on fire, stated that it was a herculean task for the fire fighters to find their way in due to the bad road lading to the five-block barrack which also houses the Yaba Police Station office and CID Panti. A visit to the barrack by Lagos metro correspondent showed the environment to be in a very untidy state, due to the vehicles parked in the barrack, the waterlog from rain fall and open gutters breeding bacteria.