Sanwo-Olu was at the Task Force’s office for an assessment of the security outfit’s operational activities. But the sight of people crowding outside the facility caught the Governor’s attention.
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The Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has directed that all the impounded motorcycles should be taken to the Lagos State Taskforce for further necessary actions.
The Sector Commander, Mr Hafiz Mohammed, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Kaduna that those prosecuted were arrested during a special intervention patrol.
Its Sector Commander, Hafiz Mohammed, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Kaduna on Saturday that the command “is disturbed by the spate of traffic rules violation among motorists in the state.
The FRSC Sector Commander in Akwa Ibom, Oga Ochi, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Uyo on Sunday.
The Police boss has thus given the marching order to Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers and Heads of Operational and Tactical Units in Lagos State to begin the arrest and prosecution of offenders.
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has declared total war on traffic offence, saying special courts will be created to try offenders, who will be made to serve their punishment if found guilty at the point of contravention.
The Federal Road Safety Corps said no fewer than 6, 961 traffic offenders were apprehended for various offences during the just concluded Easter.
The Akwa Ibom Sector Commander of FRSC, Sunday Oghenekaro, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Uyo on Sunday.
Akpabio, who is in-charge of Zone 5 comprising of Anambra, Delta and Edo States, said that the move would act as deterrent to road traffic offenders and a reminder to their families and friends to keep warning them to be careful while on the road