Lagos To Crush 250 Commercial Bikes, Extends Tentacles To Dispatch Riders

• Lagos will enforce ban on okada in six local government areas – Taskforce
• …the Chairman further disclosed that dispatch riders who have seized the opportunity of the absence of Okada on the highways to transport commuters on their bikes would also have their motorbikes impounded.

EDITOR’S PICK:

• BREAKING: Buhari Nominates New RMAFC Chairman
• Senate Raises Alarm Over Terrorists Invasion In Kwara, Others
• JUST IN: NPC Launches 2023 Population And Housing Census Call Centre

EKO HOT BLOG reports that

The Lagos State Taskforce has reaffirmed its dedication to upholding the ban on commercial motorcycle operators’ operations in six Local Governments and nine Local Council Development Areas of the State by extending its tentacles to dispatch riders who break traffic laws and power bikes.

Speaking today at the agency’s Bolade Oshodi headquarters, the agency’s chairman, CSP Shola Jejeloye, said that motorcycles and power bikes with capacity above the required standard were seized for either driving against traffic (one-way), carrying passengers, or operating BRT corridors throughout the State.

Jejeloye explained that despite the focus on commercial motorcycles, popularly known as ‘Okada’, the State Transport Sector reform laws prohibit motorbikes of any capacity from plying one-way.

“Riding a power bike does not make you immune to traffic laws of the State, especially when it has to do with riding against traffic on one-way, which is highly dangerous to road users and even pedestrians. Any motorbike violating the State traffic laws will be met with the same level of punishment as the Okada riders”, he stated.

The Chairman further disclosed that dispatch riders who have seized the opportunity of the absence of Okada on the highways to transport commuters on their bikes would also have their motorbikes impounded.

FURTHER READING 

• Lagos Govt Condemns Illegal Excavation Of Magodo Wetlands
• Tinubu Reveals How He Won, Says There Was Gang-up Against Him Before Primaries
• Long Queues As Fuel Scarcity Hits Lagos Metropolis

He urged all dispatch and delivery bike owners to warn their riders to desist from lifting passengers or risk forfeiting the bikes to the State Government, stressing that anyone caught contravening the traffic laws of the State will not be spared.

Jejeloye revealed that the 250 commercial and power bikes seized for various violations by the Agency will be crushed this weekend at the taskforce crushing site in Alausa.

Click to watch our video of the week