Emergency duty allows police to drive against traffic — Official
- ✦In a statement posted on its X handle on Wednesday, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Tijani Fatai, said the patrol team, led by an Inspector of Police, was the closest available police formation to the location and had to navigate through the opposite lane to reach the source of the obstruction.
- Credit: X | LagosPoliceNG The Lagos State Police Command has said the National Road Traffic Regulations permit police officers responding to emergencies to drive against the normal direction of traffic, provided they exercise due regard for the safety of other road users.
- According to the police, the officers were responding to distress calls from motorists trapped in a traffic congestion and had been dispatched by the Command’s Control Room to clear the obstruction.
- In a statement posted on its X handle on Wednesday, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Tijani Fatai, said the patrol team, led by an Inspector of Police, was the closest available police formation to the location and had to navigate through the opposite lane to reach the source of the obstruction.
The Lagos Police Command says officers can drive against traffic for emergencies, citing National Road Traffic Regulations in response to a viral RRS video
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Credit: X | LagosPoliceNG The Lagos State Police Command has said the National Road Traffic Regulations permit police officers responding to emergencies to drive against the normal direction of traffic, provided they exercise due regard for the safety of other road users.
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The primary parties identified in this coverage include Bosun Tijani, Lagos State, Nigeria Police Force.
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In a statement posted on its X handle on Wednesday, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Tijani Fatai, said the patrol team, led by an Inspector of Police, was the closest available police formation to the location and had to navigate through the opposite lane to reach the source of the obstruction.
