*The Ogun State Police Command has directed traders hawking on the Kara long bridge along the highway to quit with immediate effect

Emmanuel Akosile | 绿帽献妻

The Ogun State Police Command has warned traders and hawkers to steer clear of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway corridor over recent reported robbery cases on the long bridge.

绿帽献妻 reports there were reports of how some armed men dispossessed road users of their belongings at gunpoint.

Twenty persons were reportedly kidnapped by bandits at the Kara end of the road, but the Nigeria Police have described the claim as untrue.

Abimbola Oyeyemi, Spokesman

Ogun State Police in a statement noted that some of the hoodlums do pretend to be hawking goods on the bridge during traffic gridlock, thereby using the opportunity to rob.

However, as part of measures to stop the attack on commuters and residents, the Police Command has directed traders hawking on the bridge to quit with immediate effect.

Authorities also observed that the ongoing road construction at the Kara end of the long bridge gave the hoodlums an avenue to attack unsuspecting members of the public.

The Spokesman hinted that Lanre Bankole, Commissioner of Police, had deployed his tactical teams to the area so as to complement the efforts of the divisional policemen in surveying the area.

He stated: 鈥淭o this end, the Command is hereby using this medium to warn all those hawking goods on the bridge to quit with immediate effect in order to sanitise the environment and deter the criminals from perpetrating crime on that bridge and anywhere around.”

Oyeyemi as well quoted the Commissioner of Police as assuring commuters of their safety along the route.

鈥淭he command will do everything within the ambit of the law to flush out the hoodlums in the area,鈥� added the Spokesman.