Task Force seize scores of motorcycles on December 21,
2020.
Operatives of the Lagos State Task Force have impounded
130 commercial motorcycles for operating illegally on restricted
routes at Iyana-Ipaja, Abule-Egba, Fagba, and Ogba areas of
Lagos.
The new Chairman of the agency, Jejeloye Shola, who led the
enforcement team, disclosed that the operations were carried out on
Monday after several warnings to motorcycle riders to desist from
plying restricted routes, particularly highways and bridges across
the state.
He explained that a series of complaints received from residents
on illegal and criminal activities perpetrated by some motorcycle
operators necessitated the operations.
“While some of them harass innocent members of the public at
various bus-stops, others engage in all sorts of criminal acts by
dispossessing their passengers of valuables such as phones, pieces
of jewellery, and bags.
“Also, motorists held in traffic both morning and night around
these areas were not spared,” Shola, a Superintendent of Police was
quoted as saying in a statement by Adebayo Taofiq, the spokesman
for the task force.
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2020, shows some of the motorcycles seized by the Lagos State Task
Force.
He stated that total clampdown on illegal activities of
motorcycle operators on restricted routes would be vigorously
sustained on daily basis throughout the festive season to checkmate
the activities of criminally minded motorcyclists.
The task force chairman also warned dispatched riders using
power bikes (200cc above) to desist from engaging in illegal
commercial activities, saying anyone caught violating the Lagos
State Traffic Laws would be prosecuted.
He urged various associations of motorcycle riders across the
state to always educate their members on all 475 restricted routes
and the life-threatening dangers of plying highways and
bridges.
Shola confirmed that the raid on the illegal commercial
motorcycle operators was directed by the Commissioner of Police in
Lagos, Hakeem Odumosu.
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