As part of the ongoing activities commemorating this year’s National Police Day, Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Fatai Tijani, led a delegation of senior officers, including Area Commanders, on a sensitization visit to Ojota Motor Park, where they engaged with drivers and officials of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) on ‘Dangers of Electoral Violence and Cultism’ yesterday Wednesday April 1st, 2026. Comrade Olawale Ajilo, Chairman, State Advisory Committee of the NURTW represented the Chairman of NURTW at the event with other branch chairmen and members.
During the programme, the Commissioner of Police, CP Tijani Fatai delivered an insightful lecture on the provisions of the Electoral Act. He extensively addressed various electoral offences, including vote buying or selling, electoral violence/ thuggery, ballot box snatching or destruction of election materials, impersonation and multiple voting, intimidation of voters, INEC officials or security agents, as well as the illegal possession of electoral materials.
He further highlighted the far-reaching consequences of these offences on the credibility of the electoral process and the nation’s democratic stability, urging citizens, particularly drivers, to uphold the rule of law and support peaceful electoral processes.
Speaking further, the Lagos Command boss also engaged the NURTW members to desist from cultism. CP Fatai Tijani added that despite the fact that Police’s responsibility is to enforce the law, carry out arrest and detain suspects, there is a need for us to sensitize members of the public particularly members of NURTW on other works being done by the Police.
The Officer-in-Charge, Gender Unit, ACP Oluwatoyin Kazeem, tasked the NURTW on Gender-Based Violence. According to ACP Kazeem, any violence that happens within a family is known as domestic violence, if there’s no peace in the family, we may not have peace ourselves, she added. She also talked about the husband leaving the house without giving the wife money for cooking at home is against the law and it’s punishable under the law.
OC on Gender-based Violence described rape, as having sexual intercourse with a lady by force is against the law. If such a person is prosecuted, he could be sentenced to life in prison, most especially if such a girl is not up to 3 years.
She noted that men could be sexually harassed as well. Emotional harassment happens where an aunt knows full well that she’s not going to get married to a man but decided to obtain from the man, collecting money from him and later dumped him, this is not acceptable and it’s punishable under the law, she added.
In her presentation, Officer-in-Charge, Motorpol 1, CSP Alli Yemisi, takes the NURTW members through ‘The Importance of Safe Driving Tactics’. She encouraged the drivers to always put on their NURTW jacket in order to differentiate them from other drivers. She charges drivers to remain disciplined, obey traffic regulations, and adopt responsible behaviour on the roads.
CSP Alli noted, the Police do not like to arrest people or drivers but members of the NURTW and Police must work together.
Shedding more light on Cultism, ACP Tokunboh Abaniwonda stressed that cultism is an act being practiced in the dark, emphasizing that NURTW members do not need to engage in cultism, adding that alcohol and substance intake aid cultists to misbehave. She pointed out that in Lagos State, cultists do not have amnesty but they are being prosecuted, urging them to say something anytime they see something.
The Lagos State Police Command reiterates its commitment to continuous public enlightenment and community engagement as key strategies in promoting safety, strengthening public trust, and ensuring a secure environment for all.