{"id":74664,"date":"2025-09-01T05:56:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T05:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=74664"},"modified":"2025-09-01T05:56:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T05:56:02","slug":"fct-police-commissioner-warns-traffic-officers-launches-operation-keep-traffic-flowing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/09\/01\/fct-police-commissioner-warns-traffic-officers-launches-operation-keep-traffic-flowing\/","title":{"rendered":"FCT Police Commissioner Warns Traffic Officers, Launches ‘Operation Keep Traffic Flowing’"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Samuel Adeola<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), CP Ajao S. Adewale, has cautioned traffic officers against unprofessional conduct and launched a new initiative, Operation Keep Traffic Flowing, aimed at easing congestion across the capital city.<\/p>\n

Addressing Divisional Traffic Officers and operatives at the Command Headquarters on Saturday, CP Adewale emphasized that traffic policing reflects the civility of any city.<\/p>\n

\u201cTraffic is one of the visible indicators to measure the civility of a city. The traffic officer is the first image of the police in any environment. That is why I insist on professionalism, discipline, and humanity first,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

The Police Commissioner expressed dissatisfaction with the conduct of some operatives, particularly condemning the risky practice of jumping into vehicles or attempting to seize steering wheels from motorists.<\/p>\n

After a personal tour of the city, CP Adewale identified over 30 traffic hotspots, including Wuse, Area 1, Jikwoyi, Karu, Kurudu, AYA, Apo, Gudu, and Kubwa.<\/p>\n

He ordered consistent police presence in these areas to improve traffic management.<\/p>\n

He further directed officers to ensure early presence at duty posts, manage rush-hour traffic effectively, and promptly clear road obstructions.<\/p>\n

The Command, he said, would also intensify action against motorists driving against traffic and those picking passengers indiscriminately on highways.<\/p>\n

To enforce compliance, a surveillance team has been set up to monitor traffic officers, with erring personnel to be arrested.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe era of laxity and misconduct is over,\u201d CP Adewale warned, adding that residents must also desist from offering bribes to policemen.<\/p>\n

He assured the public of improved traffic control and urged residents to report suspicious activities or misconduct through the FCT Command emergency lines: 08032003913 and 08061581938.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Samuel Adeola The Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), CP Ajao S. Adewale, has cautioned traffic officers against unprofessional conduct and launched a new initiative, Operation Keep Traffic Flowing, aimed at easing congestion across the capital city. Addressing Divisional Traffic Officers and operatives at the Command Headquarters on Saturday, CP Adewale emphasized that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":74665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-74664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74664"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74666,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74664\/revisions\/74666"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}