@Pittbaby
Right of way is when U want 2pass thru traffìc which also applies to emergency services vehicles.
Right of way is not hindering vehicles 4rm overtaking U if they can and forcing them 2tag along @ ur undesirable slow speed.

No laws!

But try it and see if u wont be beaten to a state of coma.

@poster, stop wasting your time. I think it is unwise for anyone, even without being told, to overtake a govt convoy. 1st- if you were a suicide bomber riding your car laced with explosives and aiming to kill the governor then wouldn't your attempt have been foiled?
2nd- Thank God you mentioned that they were travelling at 100km/h which is the speed limit on most roads; if you overtake they might not shoot at you for lack of legal backing but they can arrest you for over-speeding and then trust me, you'll face the music! Forget those laws, federal roads and all, when push comes to shove they'd push you into a cell after shoving a gun butt up your a$s. Emergency or not- except you have a siren then keep to the speed limit.

In these type of situations, a medical appointment can easily become a mortuary appointment. Be very careful my friend. A Nigerian officer is more deadly especially when he is at the service of his master.

MUZBO:

@poster, stop wasting your time. I think it is unwise for anyone, even without being told, to overtake a govt convoy. 1st- if you were a suicide bomber riding your car laced with explosives and aiming to kill the governor then wouldn't your attempt have been foiled?
2nd- Thank God you mentioned that they were travelling at 100km/h which is the speed limit on most roads; if you overtake they might not shoot at you for lack of legal backing but they can arrest you for over-speeding and then trust me, you'll face the music! Forget those laws, federal roads and all, when push comes to shove they'd push you into a cell after shoving a gun butt up your a$s. Emergency or not- except you have a siren then keep to the speed limit.

You dont need to go suicidal to assasinate any official on convoy. Those MOPOL escort will enter bush if you fire at them from a vehicle driving in the opposite direction to their convoy.

MT:
The Police are another entity entirely. Do they even know the law not to talk of enforcing one ?. Naija we hail thee

Ok then, na when you go enter wahala reach station u go see say even an IPO wey no fit spell im name go write down your charges in a grammar you no go fit believe say im go fit write.

They sabi law jare, willingness to enforce it is something else.

Some time ago in Warri, a man was assaulted by the security guards of a PASTOR simply because he tried to overtake the pastor's convoy.

Why do we expect anything different from our evil Politicians?

Try overtaking them; and u risk being beaten to pulp by their ever agile agility mopol.

Remember, Nigeria is a lawless Nation!!!

For the sake of safety I think 100km per hour is just fine but you simply can not hold up traffic for miles for any politician that wants to travel. For all we know he was on his way to his mistress house and someone might have been rushing a dying person to a hospital

A vip is a vip whether he's known or not,,right from president,vice-president,governors & their deputies,they deserves some privileges and that include right of way.,if the poster thinks he also have same right,i do hope that he doesnt try it in united states where security is very tight.,.So you not being able to overtake the convoy is no big deal at all,,im not bluffing,its what i know

puskin:

@phuck NL
100km/hr is not the MAX. speed limit on that road or any other highway, it is just a recommended speed 4U 'cos of safety.
FYI, travelling @ 100km/hr in a car whose windows r wound-up is damn SLOW.

OLODOOOOOOOOO.
It is called SPEED LIMIT. It is not a recommendation. It is the LAW. The fact that we don't enforce it does not mean it is a recommendation.
My dad told me that back in the 80's, the FRSC had radar guns and they would stop you and issue you a ticket if you go above the limit. Same way it is done in western worlds.

I am amazed at the level of ignorance a lot of you possess.
IT IS NOT A RECOMMENDATION. IT IS THE GODAMMMN SPEED LIMIT.

Tudór:

So because of the security of some fat-arse idiot alhaji i'm not allowed to make my medical appointment? Funny how these stupid politicians have the best of security while the masses live precariously.

The stupid DG can crash and die in a pothole for all i care.

Useless politicians!

Guys, lets just forget about this speed limit for once, the question is there any law that forbids overtaking such convoys?
Lets be a little realistic, if the convoys are so concerned about their boss's saftey, there is something called evasive driving
and since when has the deputy governor turned an enforcement agent to enforce speed limit?

violent:

Guys, lets just forget about this speed limit for once, the question is there any law that forbids overtaking such convoys?
Lets be a little realistic, if the convoys are so concerned about their boss's saftey, there is something called evasive driving
and since when has the deputy governor turned an enforcement agent to enforce speed limit?

Let us forget about the speed limit like you said, the fact still remain that, for security reason, you cant allow anyone to just overtake the deputy gov.

Fhemmmy:

Let us forget about the speed limit like you said, the fact still remain that, for security reason, you cant allow anyone to just overtake the deputy gov.

Now the question is "is there a law backing that up?" or are we just meant to assume tht? and btw, wht will happen if the convoy eventually run into a CRAZY hold up?  they'll prob be forced to fly
It's a highway for crying out loud, it dosent make any sense to say because the deputy governor is going for pedicure, i must miss my appointment or my wife in labour must give birth in the car!

Must there be a law to protect the lives of government officials mr "VIOLENT"

Thank God you were not short even before you had the opportunity to exchange words with the escorts at ogere. Nigerian politicians will never learn and be humble. they see themselves as rulers and the ruled are servants that must be ruled and treated as they wish - after all you never voted them in so they choose to please only their godfather. imagine a deputy governor behaving like the late adedibu. what do you expect in a state of lawlessless ruled by charlatans installed by obasanjo, ibori, orji uzor kalu, etc.
Until we have servant leaders, we will continue to be ruled the way we are being ruled and we can only complain. they don't even know we are complaining because to them, you dont even exist. God pass them

Oh well then uncle "~bluetooth" where would you draw the line between protecting lives of government officials and harrassing fellow Nigerians, there ought to be a benchmark!

Wht makes u thnk its normal to over-take? Its crazy to over-take a vehicle nt to talk of a convoy. A govt. Convoy 4 that matter. If u're asking 2 knw if over-taking is normal, then i must confess i'm a better road user than u are. Go get a copy of ur road safety book so as to knw what's legal or what's illegal on the ROAD. Thank u

Wht makes u thnk its normal to over-take? Its crazy to over-take a vehicle nt to talk of a convoy. A govt. Convoy 4 that matter. If u're asking 2 knw if over-taking is normal, then i must confess i'm a better road user than u are. Go get a copy of ur road safety book so as to knw what's legal or what's illegal on the ROAD. Thank u

violent:

Now the question is "is there a law backing that up?" or are we just meant to assume tht? and btw, wht will happen if the convoy eventually run into a CRAZY hold up?  they'll prob be forced to fly
It's a highway for crying out loud, it dosent make any sense to say because the deputy governor is going for pedicure, i must miss my appointment or my wife in labour must give birth in the car!

You mean if Obama motorcade is moving, people will be allowed to pass it by on the highway?

Travelling @ 100km/hr on that horrible road called expressway? Next time please drive carefully.

Is this a failed assassination attempt. . .Lol
lets get real guys. . .
Overtaking might not be legal, but kidnapping is real, assassination is real, enemies are real
so i dont blame the politicians. . . .
But for the speed, i dont support them on that. . .They are to move faster than the average good cars on highways to avoid problems like this. .
And for those preaching speed limit, what will you have done if the politician was moving at 30km/h
To the poster, always go a day before, because in Nigeria anything goes. . . .

@poster
check out this links & see what would have happened if u try to overtake a convoy elsewhere
http://www.javno.com/en-world/palestinian-motorist-shot-by-convoy-bodyguards_264261

http://www.news24.com/Content/World/Archives/IraqiDossier/1072/d914380a97ab412984c3bf54261d1f2/03-0-1-2004-08-51/US_troops_kill_four_Iraqis

http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_420380.html

you are even lucky to be warned, a womans tyre was shot at when trying to overtake one deputy governor convoy and she was severely dealt with that morning

The question should be; what is the speed limit on Nigeria's highways? If its 100kmph, then the OP should bury his head in shame.

@OP,

If you were the head of the DG security detail would you allow cars to overtake his cars knowing the spate of kidnapping and security in general in Nigeria

@Fhemmmy

[/quote]You mean if Obama motorcade is moving, people will be allowed to pass it by on the highway?[quote]

The above quote from an Arapaja attack dog called Fhemmy has been weighed and rated the stupidest of all responses that failed the test of rationality on this issue. How can anyone in his sane mind compare Obama motorcade to Arapaja convoy. For your information, an Obama motorcade will never endanger the life of an American just to satisfy his ego. What does an Arapaja care if all Nigerians die because of his illiterate choice!

As for you Bulldog Fhemmy, your sins will find you out. the day will come when somebody of power will be ahead of you, travelling at a decidedly slower speed than you desire, and you will have to tag along, irrespective of the importance of your mission. This is not a curse, but a prayer for you to share my experience.

I thank all those who have offer constructive and cautionary advice on this issue. I never reckoned before now the height of the powers of our public servants.

dayokanu:

@OP,

If you were the head of the DG security detail would you allow cars to overtake his cars knowing the spate of kidnapping and security in general in Nigeria

This man is right.

Security reasons call for this probation but should the representatives in government be afraid of the people they represent.

they are lucky i wasnt there.

He He , He, funky 9ja!

@Olalekan1

How can you say @dayokanu is right when you do not know the difference between your right and your left? If every government official is to block traffic on the highway to prevent themselves from being kidnapped, who will block highway for the common man? This poverty of a sense of propriety has really made you comfortable with oppression.

I honestly dont know.