Mr Mohammed Ali, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations), Lagos State Police Command, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Monday.

He spoke in reaction to public complaints on incessant armed robbery on the Mile 2- Badagry Expressway.

Ali said that the command’s security strategies in the state were still in place, yielding positive results.

According to him, at peak periods, all Area Commanders and Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) are to monitor traffic situation under them, with a view to decongesting traffic and checking criminals operating during such period.

“Our major challenge on the Badagry expressway is the bad road and the articulated vehicles and tankers parked on the road from Mile 2. They are not helping security matter on that road.

“The tankers blocked the expressway. Heavy traffic is built up daily and that attracted robbers to operate.

“Yet our men are moving round to secure members of the public on that road.

“Our monitoring men are all in different parts of the metropolis,’’ he said.

According to him, we have officers sent out from morning till night for traffic control to compliment other traffic officials and monitor black spots on motorcycles, patrol vehicles, and feet.

Ali also debunked the allegation that the police always looked other ways when some military personnel and their wards were involved in a robbery on the Badagry expressway, particularly around Ojo area of the road.

Ali said: “It is not possible for anyone to commit a crime and the police will look the other way; no matter who you are, you will be arrested if you commit a crime.

“No one is above the law, even if you are a uniform person. Over 100 robbers have been arrested on Badagry Expressway this year alone,’’ he said.

On rape cases in Lagos State, Ali said over 60 persons, including some men who slept with their daughters and got them pregnant were arrested and charged to court.

“We don’t waste time on rape cases. Once arrested, there is a special court in Ikeja where the suspects are arraigned immediately.

“Rape is a special offence that needs special attention,’’ he said.