Lagos State Commissioner of Police has deployed personnel to reduce heavy gridlock and prevent crime on Kara long bridge.
Gatekeepers News reports that the Lagos state Commissioner of Police (CP), Hakeem Odumosu has deployed personnel to clear the obstructions responsible for heavy gridlock along the Long Bridge and Kara end of the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway on Monday, July 19, 2021.
The Police Spokesman, Olumuyiwa Adejobi who made this known in a statement, said the CP personally visited and monitored the clearing of the obstructions.
Adejobi noted that the police boss decided to liberate the Expressway from traders who have turned the axis and route to market square where rams and other Sallah items are being sold.
He added that the heavy presence of traders along the Expressway contributed to continuous gridlock on the road which could trigger security risks on both states, Lagos and Ogun, if not timely checked.
The Commissioner of Police, therefore, ordered the Commanders Rapid Response Squad of the State, Yinka Egbeyemi, and the State’s Taskforce, Sola Jejeloye to detail some of their men and patrol vans at the axis in order to complement the efforts of the Ogun State Police Command in sanitising the area.
Afterward, Odumosu assured the general public, especially road users along the axis, of adequate traffic management and security of lives and property during and after the Sallah celebration.
The Commissioner of Police was accompanied to the area by the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, Lagos State, Olusegun Ogungbemide, the Officer in charge, Lagos State Traffic Division, Titi Oriyomi, and the Police Spokesman amongst others.
