Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Task Force),has impounded 15 vehicles and prosecuted its drivers for sundry traffic offences .
The action was executed in a joint operation which was led by CSP Shola Jejeloye, Chairman, Lagos State Taskforce, and, Mrs. Arinola Ogbara – Banjoko Coordinator, Lagos State Mobile Court, along Lagos Abeokuta BRT corridor and Ikeja Under Bridge, Ikeja.
About ten vehicles were impounded for plying BRT corridor. They were tried at Cement Bus Stop on Lagos – Abeokuta Expressway. Five Lagos colour commercial buses impounded for willfully obstructing traffic at Ikeja Under Bridge were tried at Allen Bus Stop.
The chairman, Lagos State Taskforce, CSP Shola Jejeloye, said the operation was aimed at reducing traffic offences in the metropolis noting that it is worrisome the manner motorists abuse the use of BRT Lane.
He pointed out that apart from BRT buses, operational vehicles and ambulances with patients on emergencies are allowed to ply the BRT lane. He added that allies manner of people use one excuse or the other to drive on the BRT lane.
CSP Jejeloye stressed that the team was out to curb traffic offences in order to make our road safer for other road users.
The Coordinator of the Lagos Mobile Court, Mrs Arinola Ogbara – Banjoko stated that the joint operation of the two agencies would hold weekly and is aimed at minimizing traffic offences on the road.
She added that safety on the road is crucial in a megacity like Lagos, stressing that offences like driving against traffic are serious offence that shouldn’t be taken lightly.
