The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement)
Unit has obtained a Court Order authorising it to auction 108 court
forfeited and abandoned vehicles to interested members of the
public.
The Chairman of the agency, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi disclosed
yesterday in a statement, that the vehicles to be auctioned by the
government include 86 cars forfeited and 22 abandoned vehicles
after they had been impounded by the enforcement team of the agency
in different parts of the state for driving against traffic
(one-way) and committing other traffic offences.
Egbeyemi also stated that the public auction is scheduled to
hold on Tuesday and Wednesday, December 3 and 4, 2019 at the
Agency’s car park, in Ikorodu, Lagos.
According to him, “It was after the expiration of the 30 days
public notice issued by the Agency in line with the dictates of the
law to all owners of the 22 abandoned vehicles to claim them that
the government obtained the court order to auction them to
interested members of the public.
“Let me commend the present administration for the ongoing
massive roads rehabilitation going on simultaneously across the
state and to state clearly that motorists both private and
commercial bus drivers should desist from driving against traffic
(one-way) or causing traffic obstructions to other roads users
with.”
While reiterating the state government’s zero-tolerance for the
violation of the law under any guise, the Chairman maintained that
the agency will continue to prosecute traffic offenders until
sanity is restored on our roads and law-abiding citizens are
allowed to commute without being impeded by unlawful
individuals.
Meanwhile, the enforcement team of the agency led by the
chairman over the weekend cleared all illegal trucks and abandoned
vehicles causing traffic gridlock at Guiness and Ogba area of Ikeja
in line with the directive of the Lagos State Commissioner of
Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu.
Egbeyemi commended the new Lagos State Commissioner of Police,
Odumosu for his pro-activeness in enforcing both the Lagos State
Environmental Sanitation Laws and the Lagos State Transport Sector
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