…Deploys additional 1,000 personnel to tackle gridlock
Joy Anyim
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu, on Wednesday, declared a State of Emergency on traffic management and control in the state.
He has since drafted additional 1, 000 policemen to work 24-hours shift for traffic control.
This development csmr barely two days after Odumosu took over as Commissioner of Police in the state.
Concerned about the terrible traffic situation in the state, the new police boss had ordered the immediate deployment of additional police officers to traffic duties.
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The CP Odumosu took the decision during an emergency meeting where he summoned senior police officers and heads of police traffic units to a meeting at the Command Headquarters, Ikeja, to review the current traffic situation in the state.
In attendance were Deputy Commissioners of Police Department of Finance and Administration, Department of Operations, Criminal Investigation Department and Rapid Response Squad, Area Commanders, Area Operations Officers, State Traffic Officers, Divisional Traffic Officers across the state and the Chairman Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special offences, among others.
The police boss also reviewed the time for duty report for Traffic Officers to take care of the peak hours.
“Traffic duties Officers will now run shifts between 10am and 10pm while the second shift will be 10pm to 10am, providing 24hours coverage. They will all operate in their usual reflective jackets.
“ The measure will help in ensuring free flow of traffic and will also curb the menace of traffic robbery.
“I therefore call on 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, ” he said.
