He also ordered the immediate deployment of an additional one thousand police officers for traffic duties. Odumosu took the decision during an emergency meeting he summoned at the Command Headquarters to review the current traffic situation in the state.

In attendance at the emergency meeting were Deputy Commissioners of Police, Department of Finance and Administration, Department of Operations, Criminal Investigation Department and Rapid Response Squad. Also in attendance were Area Commanders, Area Operations Officers, State Traffic Officer, Divisional Traffic Officers across the state and the Chairman Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special offences, among others.

The CP also reviewed the time-for-duty report for Traffic Officers to take care of the peak hours. Traffic Duty Officers would run shifts between 10.am and 10.pm, while the second shift would be 10.pm to 10.am, providing 24-hours coverage.

They would all operate in their usual reflective jackets.

According to Odumosu, “The measure would help in ensuring the free flow of traffic and would also curb the menace of traffic robbery”.

He urged Lagosians to accord police officers on traffic duties maximum cooperation in the discharge of their statutory duties.

“All road users are enjoined to obey traffic laws”, he said.

CP Odumosu is taking over from AIG Zubairu Muazu who was recently promoted from Commissioner of Police to Assistant Inspector General of Police and posted to Force Headquarters Abuja as AIG in charge of the Counter-Terrorism Unit.

A statement from the spokesperson of the state police command, Bala Elakan, says the new Commissioner has vast experience in operations, investigations, and administration.

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Muhammad Adamu, urged the newly deployed Commissioners of Police (CP) to work with relevant stakeholders in preventing crime in their areas of deployment.