The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and
Special Offences Agency Taskforce has commenced a clampdown on illegal
commercial motorcycle operators plying restricted routes and inner streets
across the state.
The Chairman of the agency, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi,
disclosed that the clampdown which started on Thursday had 125 motorcycles
impounded for flouting traffic regulations around Ejigbo and Cele area of the
Oshodi/Apapa expressway.
He stated that the agency was compelled to embark
on the crackdown due to complaints from the public on criminal activities
perpetrated by the illegal commercial motorcycle operators in the early hours
of the day and late at night.
According to him, "We are going to make sure
that there is total compliance with the Lagos traffic regulations by all
commercial motorcycle operators in all our local government areas as well as
the Local Council Development Areas and those operating within the streets.
“In accordance with the state traffic laws, every
motorcycle operator must wear crash helmets and must be above 18 years, avoid
restricted routes, not carry more than one passenger/pregnant woman/adult with
baby/a child below 12 years, and should not install any musical gadgets on his
bike; must put on an apron while on operation; not to operate beyond 10p.m.,
and must operate with a rider's permit with their motorcycle registered with
the state government.”
The chairman said research conducted by the state government
revealed that most riders of the ‘illegal’ commercial motorcycles are not from
Nigeria but from neighbouring countries, adding that some of them are also
involved in criminal activities in the state.
He, therefore, warned all commercial motorbike
operators to ensure that their motorcycles are duly registered with the state government
as anyone caught violating the law would be seriously dealt with in accordance
with the law of the state.
While warning the public, especially motorists, to
ensure that their valuable items are safely kept while in traffic, the agency chairman
solicited for the cooperation of all residents in providing useful security
information about criminal activities around them to security agencies through
the Lagos State free emergency toll lines 112 and 767.
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