Police Arraign 20 Traffic Offenders in Mobile Court

The Lagos State Police Command in collaboration with Lagos State Judiciary, Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice has commenced the prosecution of traffic laws violators in Mobile Court.

A total of 22 offenders were apprehended on Friday, 13 December, 2019 in different parts of Lagos, mostly for driving against traffic and seven vehicles were confiscated. The offenders were immediately arraigned before Mobile Court.

The enforcement of traffic laws will be sustained all through the festive periods and beyond. The Enforcement team is guided by the mantra “Traffic must flow”. The Commissioner of Police Lagos State, Hakeem Odumosu, upon assumption of office declared a state of emergency in traffic and deployed additional one thousand Police officers for traffic control. The CP with the support of Lagos State Government deployed two hundred motorcycles for traffic control and patrols to ensure free flow of traffic and also combat traffic related crimes such as traffic robbery. 

-Dedeigbo Ayodeji

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