WID will reduce lawlessness & street trading-Supt. Sovula

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Superintendent Ambrose Sovula, National Traffic Coordinator of the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) has said that operation WID will drastically reduce lawlessness, street-trading, indiscipline, drivers running half way and motor bikes riders running helter- skelter. He added that “the country is overwhelmed with lawlessness and indiscipline and this has received the attention of His Excellency the President and in his wisdom has asked all major stakeholders to come together and carry out operation WID”. Operation WID, he explained is about lawlessness and indiscipline and that the operation is looking at the waste management, indiscipline, lawlessness and several things. Superintendent Sovula said that the nation is been engulfed and characterised with some of the things that can bring the society to grass level, stating that prior to the intervention of the President, the Inspector General of Sierra Leone FrancisMunu had earlier called on stakeholders like the drivers union, the motor bikes riders union, the traders, the civil society to a conference table to discuss these issues. “The operation targets all drivers that are lawlessness be it private or commercial drivers”, stating the Police is aware of stubborn people, and those that are stubborn will face the full the law. the National Traffic Coordinator stated that the operation has been a huge success and people will be surprised to see , foreigners, low and middle class people that were caught in the net. We will not look at class classification; if you are caught in the net will be charged to court. He said that they have held series of meeting with the motor bikes riders union and agreed on routes to use. The wheel pusher (omolankay) drivers are causing lot of obstruction;but the Freetown City council is finding a parking space for them. Superintendent Sovula reiterated the operation is on phases; Phase one targets west ward, whilst phase two targets the east ward, adding that they will carry out the operations until sanity is brought to the city. He further said that The IG has given them a vehicle and motor bikes, to monitor the operation and police officers are deployed everywhere. He urged the populace to be discipline and continue to respect and believe the police. By Abibatu Kamara

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