Motorcycles, popularly called okada, which were impounded at different times and locations in Lagos State for contravening various traffic laws, were on Saturday , November 20, 2021, massively crushed at the Alausa Secretariat, Ikeja.
Speaking at the site where 482 of the impounded motorbikes were crushed, the Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, disclosed that the crushing exercise had been ongoing since the enforcement started, but the exercise carried out publicly on Saturday was to convince members of the public especially those who were in doubt that the impounded motorcycles were being crushed.
In a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, Odumosu said that the exercise was to contradict the insinuations by those he described as mischief makers that the motorbikes were being sold and recycled.
“The Commissioner of Police, therefore, wishes to further warn erring motorcycle operators plying restricted areas and those violating other traffic laws or using motorcycles for criminal activities in the state to have a change of mind or face the legal consequences.
“The police boss assures that the crushing exercise will be a continuous one to discourage people from trampling upon the law, and reiterates the determination of the police command to enforce the law,” the PPRO stated.
