..Deploys 1000 additional personnel
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu has declared a state of emergency on traffic in the State.
Odumosu who officially resumed office on Monday, yesterday, ordered the immediate deployment of additional 1000 police Officers to traffic duties.
The CP who was speaking during an emergency meeting he summoned in the Command Headquarters to review the current traffic situation in the State, said traffic must flow in the state:
” People must arrive their places of engagement and arrive home on time. There is no need for people to overstretch themselves unnecessary on the road. I want the flow of traffic and this directive must be carried out with vigour’.
In attendance at the meeting were Deputy Commissioners of Police Department of Finance and Administration, Department of Operations, Criminal Investigation Department and Rapid Response Squad. Also in attendance were Area Commanders, Area Operations Officers, State Traffic Officer, Divisional Traffic Officers across the State and the Chairman Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special offenses, among others.
Odumosu also reviewed the time for duty for Traffic Officers so as to take care of peak hours: ” Traffic Officers would run a shift program between 10 am and 10 pm, while the second shift would be 10 pm to 10, am, providing 24hours coverage. All traffic officers must operate in their usual reflective jackets.
“The measure will help in ensuring the free flow of traffic and will also curb the menace of traffic robbers. I want Lagosians to accord the police officers on traffic duties maximum cooperation in the discharge of their statutory duties. All road users are enjoined to obey traffic laws”.
