Lagos Police ready to implement traffic law

The Lagos State Police Command has stated its readiness to commence full implementation of the newly State Traffic law.
Rising from a State Security Council meeting on Wednesday in Lagos, Commissioner of Police, Umar Manko, said the initial delay in enforcement was to give room for public enlightenment and put some other basic necessities in place to ensure smooth compliance.
While addressing journalists, Manko said, “Since the Governor signed it, it has become law.”"The fact that it has not been massively enforced does not mean that it is not in existence. So we have just finished a meeting. Everybody now knows there is a new law and that law is going to be fully enforced,” he added.
“Government has done its part, public enlightenment has been made, road repairs are going on and there are traffic signs everywhere; therefore, no citizen has the right to say that he does not know. The Police are going to start the enforcement in full and nobody is going to be spared.”
Military officers have come to be viewed by the public as arrogant before the law, following recent brushes with the state traffic management agency in cases of utter disregard for traffic regulations.
Brigadier General Pat Aekem, who spoke for the Flag Officer, Western Naval Command and Air Officer, Logistics Command, Commander 9 Brigade, Ikeja Cantonment, said the Armed forces would sensitise and inform their members to know that they are also subject to the law as laid down by the state government.
He added that members who fail to comply with the law would disciplined.
“In fact, they are expected to collaborate with other enforcement agencies to enforce the law,” he said.