Police Arrest 109 Persons For Crossing Highway

In an effort to prevent loss of lives on highways and ease free-flow of traffic in Lagos State, the combined team of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) unit of Lagos state police command, Task Force and officials of Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI), have apprehended no fewer than One-Hundred and Nine (109) people including 102 Male and 7 female, for crossing express way at Ketu bus-stop along Lagos-Ikorodu road over the weekend.

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The police said the special operation was necessitated following increase in death on the highways.

It was learnt that  the commissioner of police, CP Fatai Owoseni, ordered  the arrest to prevent loss of lives on highways and to instill discipline regarding the use of pedestrian bridges.

Some of the culprits

“This operation is a continuous one. We are saddled with the responsibility to instill discipline into erring individuals to prevent lives and properties. This is why we can’t fold our arms seeing many lives being lost for not using the bridges”, the RRS commander ACP Olatunji Disu said.

“This act of indiscipline will not be allowed in Lagos any longer. If traffic is allowed to flow freely, the menace of in-traffic robbery cases will become thing of the past”, the Police source said.

A resident Mrs. Remi Fagboungbo, expressed satisfaction towards the exercise, urging the operatives not to relent in making sure people‘s attitude to the use of pedestrian bridge change.

“The overhead bridge is built to protect our lives. I wonder why people refuse to use it. In recent time, a commercial bus driver knocked down a young man on this highway when he wanted to cross from other side of the road. This exercise must continue because it will help a lot in reducing deaths on highways and allow free-flow of traffic”, she said.

On his path, another resident, Mr. Alonge Ajasa thanked the state governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, for acting on time in curbing this act of indiscipline from the people.

“This is indeed the change-time in this country. This exercise will in turn be beneficial to the citizenry if it continues this way. Our governor has really done well to prevent loss of lives on our highways as well as to ease vehicular movements,” Ajasa noted.

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The RRS commander, Olatunji Disu said the 109 Pedestrians have been transferred to the Task Force office, Alausa for prosecution.

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