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Ambode takes up battle against traffic offenders, gives new order to security agencies as slain officer’s family gets N10m

- Governot Akinwunmi Ambode increases mobile court to 20 for effective prosecution of unruly motorists in Lagos

- Ambode commiserates with LASTMA over officer killed by policeman and approves N10 million compensation

- The governor asks all security agencies to henceforth strictly enforce the traffic laws of the state

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos has ordered the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) and all the relevant security agencies to henceforth strictly enforce the provisions of the state traffic laws to bring about sanity on the roads.

Ambode also ordered the state attorney-general and the justice ministry to immediately increase the number of mobile court in the state to 20 to summarily prosecute traffic offenders to serve as deterrent to others who might want to indulge in the violation of traffic laws.

The governor spoke after a strategic session with LASTMA leadership and heads of other security agencies in the state to address the traffic situation and the unfortunate killing of an officer of the state recently.

Governor Ambode said the state government would not fold its arms and allow the violation of the laws, hence the decision to order enforcement of the laws with immediate effect.

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“For Lagosians, it is very clear that government will not continue to fold their arms and allow our officers to continue to be in areas of danger.

“First, I will appeal to all of you that we must obey traffic laws. Secondly, we cannot turn this state into a state of lawlessness. So, from this moment onward, all our security agencies and also all the officers that are concerned have been directed to discipline any traffic offender that is arrested.

“Government will go down and deal squarely with any traffic offender from this moment onward. We cannot allow people to continue to commit offences for which we need to discipline for.

“We don’t want people to take advantage and say this is Christmas or election period, we have majority of our people to protect and we have the majority of our people to also make sure that they use the roads safely. So, we will not allow traffic offenders to go scot-free anymore,” Governor Ambode said.

Aside the mobile court, the governor said police officers have also been increased to patrol the nooks and crannies of the state to ensure security and free-flow of traffic.

“We have also directed the attorney-general and also the ministry of justice to increase the number of mobile court to twenty immediately and traffic offenders will be tried instantly on the spot and where the case is that we might not allow offenders to take that option of fine, we will send them to community service or make sure that our magistrates take the hardest part of the options so that they will act as deterrent to others that are complying with the rules and regulations of traffic and everything that we have on the roads, as we proceed.

“I want to also let Lagosians understand that we have increased the number of police officers that we have deployed to all the nooks and crannies of the state and we assure everybody that we will enjoy a crime-free holiday and also a crime-free elections in this state, while police officers have also been directed to compliment the efforts of traffic officers and also to ensure that the streets are safe and everybody that is law abiding goes about his or her business without any fear and molestation,” he said.

The governor who commiserated with LASTMA over the killing of one of its officers, Rotimi Adeyemo, said the incident was one too many. He revealed that a total of eighteen officers were lost to such unfortunate situation, and twenty-four permanently incapacitated in various hospitals in the last one year.

“Just last week, we lost one of our LASTMA officers in the person of Rotimi Adeyemo who met his untimely death while controlling traffic. So, I have come here on behalf of government to commiserate with all the LASTMA officers in their office.

“Now, I want Lagosians to understand something and that is as at today, we have lost eighteen LASTMA officers while performing their lawful duty on behalf of the state, and another twenty-four are permanently incapacitated in various hospitals just this year alone as I speak.

“We have not been churning out this data just because we believe Lagosians will understand that these men and women that we put on the line of duty are harmless and they don’t have anything to protect them than just traffic laws which they are enforcing.

“This is a sober moment for us but again I need to encourage and further appeal to all our law enforcement officers, most especially LASTMA officers that this government is with them and we would do everything to protect their lives and also create an atmosphere to allow them to do their work properly,” Governor Ambode said, just as he announced the approval of N10million compensation to the family of the deceased officer.

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On his part, the commissioner of police in Lagos, Imohimi Edgal, said the synergy between the security agencies and traffic officers would now be intensified to ensure that they are safe and they work longer periods, just as urged Lagosians to continue to be law abiding and promptly report any security breach around them.

The heads of security agencies in the state, members of the executive council, the CEO of LASTMA, Chris Olakpe; the general manager of the agency, Olawale Musa; the chairman, Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Corps, DIG (Rtrd) Israel Ajao; the Lagos state sector commander, Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), Hyginus Omeje; the commander, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp, Tajudeen Balogun among others were present at the meeting.

Legit.ng earlier reported that the Lagos state police commissioner, Imohimi Edgal, ordered the dismissal of a police inspector, Olukunle Olonade, for allegedly killing the 46-year-old official of LASTMA.

It was earlier reported that Olonade, attached to the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS), Ikeja, was alleged to have shot dead a LASTMA official, Rotimi Adeyemo, who had stopped him when he violated a traffic rule at Iyana-Ipaja in the Alimosho local government area of Lagos state.

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