Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce) at the weekend, impounded over 100 commercial motorcycles, over illegal operation in the state.
The latest enforcement exercise was in furtherance of the state government efforts in ensuring sanity on Lagos roads and to get rid of defiant motorcyclists on restricted routes across the State,
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The Chairman of the Agency, Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP, Shola Jejeloye who led the enforcement, disclosed that those 100 okada were impounded around Navy Town at Alakija, 2nd Rainbow and Festac Town.
“The discouraging high statistic of motorcycle accidents and the compelling need to enhance safety on Lagos roads led to the promulgation of the Lagos State Transport Sector Reformed Law 2018”. Said Jejeloye
Jejeloye stressed that apart from criminals using those motorcycles as a means to escape after their unlawful activities, the influx into the state of those illegal motorcyclists without any traceable address and valid means of identification remained a huge security and safety threat to residents.
“In accordance with the Law, every motorcycle operators must wear crash helmets, be above 18 years, not ride on kerb/median/road-setbacks, avoid restricted routes, not carry more than one passenger/pregnant woman/adult with baby/child below 12 years, not install any musical gadgets, must wear an apron, not operate beyond 10 pm, operate with a rider’s permit and have their motorcycle registered with Government,” he added
