Call has gone to the policemen enforcing the new
Lagos State traffic law to stop harassing okada riders on legal
routes.
Acting Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mr. Agba
Nchor (retd.), made the call during a send-off organised in his honour by
officers and men of Gowon Estate Police Station and Police Community Relations
Committee of the estate inLagoson Saturday.
Nchor said, “In enforcing the LagosStatetraffic
law, policemen should allow okada riders to operate in the areas they
are allowed to operate.
“Enforcing the law on all routes is not what the
law stipulates. They should know that they are people whose means of livelihood
depends totally on okada operations.”
He also warned some policemen against gossip,
saying it was causing disaffection among the rank and file of the force.
“Do not look at the offices of the officers with
envy. Wait for your time,” Nchor said.
He also urged the public not to make the office
of the divisional police officer clumsy, saying there is division of labour in
the divisions.
“There is division of labour in the divisions.
For instance, report crime to the divisional crime officer. Issues relating to
accident and traffic should be reported to the divisional traffic officer while
that of operational issues should be reported to the DPO. A situation whereby
all matters are reported to the DPO, makes his office clumsy,” Nchor said.
Chairman of the occasion, Mr. Taiye Oyeniyi,
called on the public to assist the police to achieve effective policing.
He said in Idimu area of the state, communities
had spent over N100m to assist the police.
“If we empower the police, they will perform
well. Welfare of the policemen should be taken seriously,” Oyeniyi said.
He urged the current DPO of Gowon Estate Police
Division to take his cue from Nchor, whom he described as a disciplined
officer.
He said during Nchor’s tenure as the DPO,
criminals in the estate and its environs were routed.
He called for the reform of the police, saying
the low ranks in the force needed proper orientation and education to key into
modern policing.
Acting DPO of the station, Amos Oria, assured
Nchor that ‘Baby Kuwait’, a name given to a notorious haven of bandits in the
estate, would never live again.
Oria said, “Even in your handover note, this was
emphasised. We will consolidate on this tempo and we will not disappoint you,
the entire police force andNigeriain general.
“We are still learning and each time we call on
you for your fatherly assistance, kindly oblige us.”
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