Governor Ambode goes tough on traffic robbers, street hawkers
•Police arrest 595, prosecute 400, get convictions for 300
Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday presided over the
state security council meeting with a resolve to stop the menace of
robbery in traffic in the state’s trouble spots.
He promised to stop the activities of some persons posing as street hawkers to rob unsuspecting public.
Briefing reporters on the outcome of the meeting, Police Commissioner
Fatai Owoseni said the council looked at the security and crime
situation in the past one month with a focus on the menace of
street-trading, land-grabbers and other security issues.
“We looked at the areas, where we are winning and the areas, where we
need to step up our activities. One of those areas we looked at
critically was the issue of the guys that rob on the highway in the
traffic.
“We have taken a decision to do all what we can do to stop all the
activities. First, to decongest the gridlock, because if we do that once
traffic moves, we are going to take the street traders and hawkers off
the road,” Owoseni said.
He added: “Once we decongest, we would also reduce the incidence of
people robbing motorists on the road and of course, the response time to
distress call will be improved upon. Those are the things we looked at
“The meeting also took the decision that we continue our onslaught
against criminals, especially the land-grabbers, to make sure that they
are brought to justice once they are arrested; diligent investigation
and prosecution will be carried out to show examples to others.”
The police chief said the council also deliberated on the menace of
cultists and added that efforts had been made jointly by security
agencies within the last one month, to clamp down on them.
“We want to sustain the rate that we are carrying out at the black
spots. We want to make sure that the issue of gangsterism and cultism
are completely wiped out in the state,” he said.
On the resurgence of motorcycle operators, popularly called okada riders, the police commissioner said security agencies within the past one month raided some identified black spots.
He said about 595 suspects were arrested during the raids, 400 prosecuted and 332 were convicted.
“We would not relent, we would continue on that onslaught to raid
black spots to get rid of street-hawking and people who perpetrate crime
in the state,” Owoseni said.
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