Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Taskforce) has said it would not rest on its oars until disregard for traffic rules and regulations reduces drastically among commercial motorcyclists in the metropolis, just as it impounded 410 between last week and Wednesday, September 22, 2021.
Giving the breakdown of the figure on Thursday, the Chairman of Lagos State Taskforce, CSP Shola Jejeloye, stated that 300 motorbikes were impounded on prohibited routes last week while 110 were seized on Wednesday.
In a statement by the
Head, Public Affairs Unit, Femi Moliki, he explained that officials of the agency carried out enforcement in Isolo, Ojodu-Berger, Ojota, Lagos Island and Surulere last week, while the enforcement drive of the agency was also extended to 2nd Rainbow, where it seized 110 motorbikes.
He emphasized that the agency would do all within its power to enforce the restriction of motorbikes on Lagos highways and bridges,urging Lagosians to desist from patronising motorcyclists plying highways and saying: “it is better to be safe than sorry.”
CSP Jejeloye described as disturbing the refusal of motorcyclists in complying with the Lagos Traffic Law restricting them from operating on highways and bridges, adding that the law was made in the best interest of the general public.
He stated that enforcing the law was like assisting recalcitrant motorcyclists from killing themselves and endangering the lives of other road users.
