Police declare emergency on Lagos traffic, deploy 1,000

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Lagos Police Commissioner Hakeem Odumosu has declared a state of emergency on Lagos traffic with 1,000 officers and men pushed to the roads to...

Lagos Police Commissioner Hakeem Odumosu has declared a state of emergency on Lagos traffic with 1,000 officers and men pushed to the roads to cushion the effects.

The Nation reports that many residents took to social media to lament man hours spent in traffic especially along Agege Motor Road, Airport Road, Ikorodu Road, Eko Bridge, Apongbo and Victoria Island. Acknowledging that miscreants could easily prey on such situations, Odumosu on Thursday deployed additional 1,000 cops to traffic duties across the state.At an emergency meeting with his management team, heads of units/ departments, Area Commanders and Divisional Police Officers to review the current traffic situation, Odumosu directed 24-hour coverage of all roads.

 

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