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RRS Enforces Single Lane Queue At Petrol Stations

In furtherance of the determination of the Lagos State Government to ensure free flow of traffic across the metropolis, the officials of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Nigerian Police on Monday 11th April, 2016 embarked on massive enforcement of the directive banning indiscriminate queues at petrol stations.

The RRS team led by the Commander, ACP Olatunji Disu implemented the directive on the long stretch of Lagos-Abeokuta expressway starting from U-Turn Bus Stop down to Toll Gate which is the boundary between Lagos and Ogun State.

The team specifically removed from the road all vehicles forming more than one lane while queuing for fuel, a development which greatly reduced the traffic gridlock caused by the indiscriminate queues.

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The team also worked on the long stretch of Iju Road from Pen Cinema down to Fagba Bus Stop and some parts of Ikeja axis.

Besides, the team apprehended some commercial bus drivers and private motorists flouting the Lagos State Traffic Law, as well as other environmental offences.

Earlier, the team visited Ojota, Mile 12, Ketu and some other major areas on Ikorodu Road where the usage of pedestrian bridge was enforced, thereby maintaining law and order.

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It would be recalled that after the iron bars were erected on the Ikorodu Road by the Lagos State Government to stop a situation whereby some pedestrians were crossing the expressway with attendant traffic gridlock and risk of lives, some recalcitrant pedestrians were removing the iron bars to cross the expressway, a development which necessitated the enforcement.

PIX 1000Men of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), enforcing the single lane queue order by the Lagos State Government at filling stations to ensure free flow of traffic in the State.

PIX 1033Men of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), ensuring free flow of traffic on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.

PIX 0972Men of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), apprehending a commercial vehicle for lifting passengers at undesignated bus stop at Pen Cinema, Agege, Lagos.