Photos: RRS enforces single lane queue at filling stations for free flow of traffic in the state

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 embarked on massive enforcement of
the directive banning indiscriminate queues at
petrol stations.
The RRS team led by the Commander, ACP
Olatunji Disu enforced 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
States.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.