Lagos Taskforce Impounds 410 Bikes …Vows Not to Rest

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After impounding 410 motorbikes within a week, Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Taskforce) says it won’t rest on its oars until penchant disregard for traffic rules and regulations reduces drastically among commercial motorcyclists in the metropolis.

Giving the breakdown of the figure, the Chairman of Lagos State Taskforce, CSP Shola Jejeloye stated that 300 motorbikes were impounded on prohibited routes last week while 110 were seized yesterday.

According to him, 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 yesterday.

He added that the agency would do all within its power to enforce the restriction of motorbikes on Lagos highways and bridges. He urged Lagosians to desist from patronizing motorcyclists plying highways, maintaining that “it’s better to be safe than sorry”.

In the statement signed by the agency’s spokesman, Femi Moliki, CSP Jejeloye noted that it is disturbing that motorcyclists are refusing to comply 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 is like assisting recalcitrant motorcyclists from killing themselves and endangering the lives of other road users.