The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce) has warned motorists contravening the Lagos State Transport Reformed Law of 2018 to desist forthwith or face the wrath of the Law.
The Chairman of the Agency, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, who gave the warning on Monday, asserted that the enforcement unit and other relevant Agencies are determined to enforce the Law on recalcitrant motorists who contravene any section.
Egbeyemi said: “All motorists, including private car owners, are hereby warned to henceforth desist from all forms of traffic obstructions, driving against traffic (one-way) and plying on BRT corridors.
“It is disheartening to observe that commercial bus drivers and private car owners are in the habit of disobeying all road signs and signals in contravention to the traffic law, thereby causing an impediment to free vehicular traffic across the State.”
While declaring that the Enforcement Unit of the Agency would arrest any motorist caught disobeying the traffic law, Egbeyemi also cautioned commercial tricycle and motorcycle operators to stop plying restricted routes as anyone caught would be penalised in accordance with the stipulated Law.
The Chairman enjoined the general public to be law-abiding and report any noticeable security breach around them via Lagos State toll free lines: 112 and 767.
Policemen and operatives of Lagos State Traffic Management Agency and Federal Road Safety Corps have been absent from most roads within the Lagos metropolis following the hijacking of the #EndSARS protest by hoodlums who attacked uniformed men.
This led to the killing of several policemen and the burning of police stations, LASTMA and FRSC offices.
Despite the order to return to their duty posts on the streets, there has been no substantial compliance as the traffic officers still nurse the fear of attack by the hoodlums who damaged traffic lights during the #EndSARS protest in the state.
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