The Lagos State Task Force has seized 78 motorcycles for violating restrictions on designated routes in the state.
This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Ministry of Transportation’s Director of Public Affairs, Mrs. Bolanle Ogunlola, and shared with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos.
According to Ogunlola, the seizure was carried out during an enforcement operation targeted at restoring order in the affected areas.
“The enforcement is a continuation of the agency’s clean-up operation to rid the state of commercial motorcycles (popularly known as okada), street traders, illegal ticket sellers, unauthorized parking, and other criminal elements,” she said.
Ogunlola stated that the operation was conducted on Thursday along the Aguda carriageway and in areas of the Oshodi-Apapa and Lagos-Badagry Expressway stretches, respectively.
“The areas visited during the operation include Aguda carriageway and Sanya Bus Stop in Surulere, Mile 2 Oke Bridge, Sanya Bus Stop, Ijesha Bus Stop, Berger Suya, Cele Express Bus Stop, Festac areas, Festac 2nd Gate, frontage of Federal Housing Authority, and its environs.
“These are areas where some recalcitrant okada operators were constituting a nuisance on highways, walkways, and other restricted routes,” she said.
Ogunlola said the confiscated motorcycles would be forfeited to the state through the court, in line with the State Transport Sector Reform Laws of 2018.