*Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, Spokesman of Environmental Enforcement and Special Offences Unit, affirms though there has been about 95 percent compliance, the operatives have seized 150 motorcycles for flouting ban on commercial motorcycles in Lagos State

Emmanuel Akosile| ConsumeConnect

Operatives of the Environmental Enforcement and Special Offences Unit of the Lagos State Government (LASG) have impounded 150 motorcycles for violating traffic rules in the last week.

Mr. Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, Spokesman, of the Unit, Sunday, September 25, 2022, stated that operatives arrested 10 persons, including motorcyclists and passengers for prosecution, for plying the BRT corridor, agency report said.

Abdulraheem disclosed the motorcycles were impounded after a week-long operation at Ogba, Apapa, ‘Trade Fair鈥�, Elemoro, Ojodu, and environs.

It is recalled that the

Lagos State Government banned the operation of the commercial motorcyclists in some parts of the state earlier this year.

Abdulraheem said there had been about 95 percent compliance with the ban, but that the 150 motorcycles impounded were used to flout the order.

The Spokesman also noted: 鈥淚t has come to our notice that commercial motorcyclists have aggressively been returning to the restricted routes.

鈥淎ny commercial motorcyclist caught will have his motorcycle crushed.

“Passengers and riders who are caught will be charged in court.

鈥淭en commercial motorcyclists and passengers were arrested for riding on the restricted BRT corridor.”

He further noted that they “were in court and were fined N50,000 each or serve three months at the Badagry Correctional Centre.”

Abdulraheem, therefore, reiterated that the enforcement and special offences unit would continue to enforce the ban to achieve orderliness on Lagos roads.

He stated 鈥渘o amount of aggression or resistance by commercial motorcyclists can match our determination to create an enabling environment for every law-abiding `Lagosian鈥�.

The unit, Abdulraheem added, also impounded at least 20,000 commercial motorcycles between January and September, 2022.

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