The operation which was led by the Chairman of the Agency, CSP Shola Jejeloye in the early hours of Tuesday lasted about five hours. Jejeloye disclosed that the Lagos State Taskforce had visited the axis times without number but the squatters remained defiant and kept returning after the dust settles.
Browsing: CSP Shola Jejeloye
The move it announced is in line with the government’s determination to create a serene and habitable environment for residents within that axis through the removal of shanties and criminal hideouts.
The Chairman of the Agency, CSP Shola Jejeloye would equivocally like to state that the publication is completely untrue and inaccurate. The Lagos State Taskforce is a reputable agency saddled with numerous responsibilities some of which are upholding the law, protection of lives and property and supporting the eradication of the activities of Land grabbers in the State.
The Taskforce in its bid to enforce the ban on the activities of commercial motorcycles by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in six Local Government Areas and nine Local Council Development Areas of the State has expanded its tentacles to motorbikes of higher capacity for various offences.
Leading Wednesday’s exercise, the Chairman of Lagos State Taskforce, CSP Shola Jejeloye stormed the axis in a sting operation at mid day and seized 115 bikes for flouting the state traffic laws of operating on restricted routes and plying the state highways.
This statement was made by the Chairman of the agency, CSP Shola Jejeloye in his office at Oshodi where he briefed his officers and men on the need for them to expand their horizons and increase their output by carrying out the laid down assignment of responsibilities as enshrined in chapter E6 Schedule Section 4(I) of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Law of the State.
The Command’s spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Lagos.
According to the taskforce, the villages were cleared as part of the state government’s commitment and effort to safeguard the lives of its citizenry and beautify the state.
Speaking on Wednesday at his office, the headquarters of the agency, Safety Arena, Bolade, Oshodi, when the operatives of the agency arrested two suspected serial pickpockets who disclosed they make N80,000 daily from their operations, using commercial vehicle (Danfo) as a guise.
The Chairman of the State Environmental and Special Offences Unit, CSP Shola Jejeloye, confirmed this in a statement on Thursday
The operations, the agency said is threatening the security architecture of the State as encapsulated in the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu T.H.E.M.E.S agenda.
Jejeloye told the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday, that the action was not hatred against commercial motorcyclists but enforcement of Lagos state traffic regulations.
The Chairman of the Agency, CSP Shola Jejeloye, said this at the Agency’s Headquarters at Bolade Oshodi, Lagos on Monday.
Giving the breakdown of the figure, the chairman of the taskforce, CSP Shola Jejeloye, stated that 300 motor bikes were impounded on prohibited routes last week while 110 were seized on Wednesday.
The chairman, Lagos State Environmental and Special Offense Unit (Taskforce), CSP Shola Jejeloye, stated this on Friday at a meeting with state executives and branch heads of the NURTW in Agege.
The robbery suspect, Ibrahim Ganiyu, 28, was arrested around 5am on Thursday.
The Eagle Online recalls that a peaceful protest by some commercial bus drivers in the local government was hijacked by some hoodlums who capitalized on it to disrupt traffic and molest innocent commuters on Tuesday.
The miscreants capitalised on the peaceful no-work protest embarked upon by commercial bus drivers on Oshodi-Mile 12 Expressway
The 30 persons were arrested when a team led by the Chairman, Lagos State Taskforce, CSP Shola Jejeloye inspected the stretch of road, which his agency spent two days to clear for motorists to use in order to decongest Lekki-Epe Expressway.
The exercise was led by the Chairman, Lagos State Taskforce, CSP Shola Jejeloye; and Coordinator, Lagos State Mobile Court