Koforidua, Feb 09, GNA - Superintendent of Police James Sarfo-Peprah= , the Eastern Regional Motor Transport and Traffic Unit (MTTU) Commander, h= as cautioned personnel detailed on traffic duties to desist from asking driv= ers for favours.

He told them reminded them to take a cue from what happened to the f= our MTTU men in Accra who extorted moneys from drivers and were reported to t= he Police Administration. Mr Sarfo-Peprah, who was speaking to personnel of the MTTU before they=

embarked on traffic decongestion exercise in the New Juaben Municipality,=

told them that people were watching their behaviour and so should exhibit=

professionalism. The MTTU has embarked on a decongestion exercise especially around t= he Commercial Bank where floating vehicles park and pick passengers from. He told the GNA that management of the bank had complained on many occasions about the security implication of the activities of drivers aro= und the area who more often blocked the entrance of the bank thus posing inconvenience for bullion vans and customers. The MTTU Commander appealed to drivers and the public to stop politicizing the decongestion exercise and to co-operate with the police to do what is right, adding that all drivers arrested during the exercise wo= uld be prosecuted to serve as a deterrent to others.