Ayodeji Dedeigbo
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu has declared a state of emergency on traffic in Lagos.
CP Hakeem declared a state of emergency on traffic management and control in the state barely two days after he took over as the Commissioner of Lagos state Police.
CP Hakeem ordered the deployment of additional 1000 police officers to traffic duties.
Blackbox Nigeria gathered that the decision by the CP was reached during an emergency meeting held to review the current traffic situation in the state.
The emergency meeting which was held at the Command’s Headquarters was attended by the Area Commanders, Area Operations Officers, State Traffic Officer, Divisional Traffic Officers across the state and the Chairman Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental land special offences, among others.