CP warns security agents against flouting traffic law

Lagos CP, Umar Manko.
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Lagos State Police Commissioner Umar Manko has warned security agents against flouting the state’s traffic laws restricting the operations of commercial motorcyclists (okada riders).

 

The CP’s warning came after the meeting of the state Security Council chaired by Governor Babatunde Fashola.

 

Manko, who spoke to journalists after the meeting held at the Lagos House, Marina, said the law was a general one, meaning that every one, including security agents, must comply with it.

 

He said, “We have seen the extent of the enforcement of this law on commercial motorcycles on restricted areas and we have discovered that the non-compliance aspect of it is involving more of our men in uniform. We want to restate that this law is not respecting any uniform. It is a general law and everybody is duty-bound to comply with it.

 

“Officers and men still indulging in flouting the law should desist in their own interests and obey the laws as they are. Anybody who decides to take the law into his hands will face the consequences.”

Manko also assured the students of Lagos State University, Ojo, that security agencies were on top of the situation on their campus.

 

He also said the police would soon arrest all the miscreants in their midst to enable them to go about their academic work without fear of molestation or threat to their lives.

 

He said, “For the LASU students, they should go to their classes and read; the miscreants among them are going to be fished out and dealt with according to the law. That should not be a problem at all. They should be rest assured that they are part of Lagos State and the security in Lagos State is intact. They are going to benefit from that.”

 

On the explosive device that went off at Mile 2 recently, the police boss said the incident did not depict a threat to the state, stressing that the various security agencies were on the alert.

He urged Lagosians to go about their normal businesses.

 

The commissioner said, “We want to reassure Lagosians that security in Lagos is still intact. People should go about their normal businesses. There is no threat from any quarters.”

 

Manko was accompanied during the briefing by Chief of Staff, Mr. Lanre Babalola; Commander NNS Beecroft, Apapa, Commodore Odogwu Ezekose; Commander 435 Base Services Group, Ikeja, Air Commodore Jan Wukangha, among others.