The Ogun State Police Command has disclosed that it would begin impounding vehicles, and motorcycles and prosecute drivers driving against traffic on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway and other areas of the state.
In a statement, the command’s spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the decision was reached after the development resulted in the loss of lives on the expressway.
According to the statement, this indiscipline and barbaric attitude have led to many avoidable road traffic accidents and the resultant lost of innocent lives.
The statement read, “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, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has directed DPOs, Area commanders 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 drive, 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 diligently prosecuted.
“The Command hereby with this release warns the general public to desist from driving against traffic anywhere in Ogun state, as anyone caught in such activities will have him/herself to blame, no matter the status of such person.”
