Ogun State Commissioner of Police (CP), Lanre Bankole, has ordered a clampdown on motorists and motorcyclists who are in the habit of violating of violating the traffic laws in the state.
Bankole noted that the one-way drivers usually drove against traffic “whenever there is little traffic jam on any of our highways, most especially on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.”
The police spokesman in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement, said the CP viewed the act as “indiscipline and barbaric attitude” which had led to “many avoidable road accidents and the resultant loss of lives.
The command’s spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, made this known in a statement made available to The PUNCH on Thursday.
He stated that the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, had asked traffic officers to deal decisively with motorists and motorcyclists caught in the act.
“This indiscipline and barbaric attitude has led to many avoidable road traffic accidents and the resultant lost of innocent lives.
“The most recent one is the accident that happened in obada oko area, where a tipper driving against traffic crushed three innocent people to death in a taxi.
“Also, the attitude of those reckless drivers is making things difficult along Lagos/Ibadan expressway, where construction work is currently going on.
“In view of this, CP Lanre Bankole has directed area commanders, DPOs and traffic officers across the state to go all out for those recalcitrant drivers who are in the habit of driving against traffic, otherwise known as one-way drivers, with the view to arrest and deal with them in the most decisive manner.
“Henceforth, anybody caught driving against traffic will have his/her vehicle impounded and such driver will be prosecuted.
“The Command hereby with this release warn the general public to desist from driving against traffic anywhere in ogun state, as anyone caught in such act will have him/herself to blame, no matter the status of such a person.”