The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC)
on Tuesday said it would deploy over 100 officers and 15 patrol vehicles for
APC National Convention in Lagos.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
reports that the convention, slated for Wednesday at the Teslim Balogun Stadium,
will produce the party’s presidential candidate for 2015 election.
Mr Hyginus Omeje, the Lagos Sector
Commander of the corps, told NAN that arrangement had been put in place to
ensure free-flow of vehicular movement in the state.
“Regarding the convention that is
coming tomorrow, we have noted the venue where the convention is going to take
place.
“We have identified the critical
traffic bottleneck, especially the junctions that link those areas. Ours is to
ensure free-flow of traffic within those axes.
“But we will not allow Lagosians to
be trapped in traffic because of any convention.
“For the locations we have mapped
out, we will deploy more than 100 officers to them.
“And we are going to deploy nothing
less than 15 vehicles, including our tow trucks,’’ he said.
The FRSC boss said that the command
would, however, not move close to the venue for fear of being labelled
partisan.
“We are going to restrict ourselves
to our core mandate of ensuring free-flow of traffic these areas,’’ he added.
According to him, the Lagos command
of the corps can handle traffic that may be occasioned by the convention.
On the week-long Redeem Christian
Church of God’s (RCCG) convention that started on Dec. 8, Omeje said the corps
had planned for two weeks to ensure free-flow of traffic.
He said the zone had come up with
operational strategies involving a combined team of personnel from Lagos, Mowe,
Sagamu and Ogere commands to man all routes.
The commander said that senior
officers were going to be involved because of the crucial nature of the event
too.
He added that the command had been
test-running its machinery in preparation for the forthcoming Christmas and New
Year seasons.
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