The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) announced that it had seized 235 vehicles from the state for arbitrary parking, flagrant environmental violations, and general traffic chaos.
Lagos traffic managers claimed the vehicles were seized during a clean-up operation across critical traffic corridors in the state in a statement released on Thursday by LASTMA spokesman Adebayo Tofiq.
“This expansive operation, meticulously coordinated under the leadership of Mr. Olalekan Bakare-Oki, General Manager of LASTMA, commenced today with full deployment across high-density zones, notably Oyingbo, Iddo, Eja-Lonibu, Adeniji Adele, Sabo, Jibowu (Inter-State Terminal), and Oshodi,” he said.
No fewer than 235 vehicles, including 38 private automobiles, 156 painted Volkswagen commercial buses (Danfo), 19 minibuses (Korope), five haulage trucks, and 17 interstate passenger buses, were seized in violation of the Lagos State Transport Sector Reform Law of 2018, according to the agency.
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“The crimes included reckless disregard for established traffic laws, obstruction of vehicular flow, establishment of illegal terminals, and unlawful encroachment upon pedestrian paths,” the report states.
Five articulated trucks were abducted atop the Adeniji Adele Bridge in an egregious incident, putting a serious environmental deterioration on top of the bridge by rams, cows, and abattoir waste, compromising both public safety and the bridge’s structural integrity.
The statement read, “The drivers are now facing imminent judicial proceedings for manifest contempt for sanitation laws.”
Source: Channels TV
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