The Lagos State Police Command has stated that the ban on motorcycles will be strictly enforced in certain Local Government Areas of the state, and that any resistance will be dealt with in accordance with the law.
On Monday, Police Public Relations Officer Benjamin Hundeyin released the following statement.
Monday’s meeting between the Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alabi, and the area, squadron, and tactical commanders in Ikeja prompted Hundeyin to make this announcement.
Hundeyin tweeted, “CP meets with Area Commanders, Squadron Commanders and Tactical Commanders at the Police Headquarters, Ikeja today Monday, May 30, 2022.
“Enforcement will be total. Every resistance will be strongly quelled in accordance with the law.”
Hundeyin, in a statement on Sunday, had said that the attention of the police command had been drawn to a panic-laced message making the rounds on social media purporting that motorcycle riders had concluded plans to disrupt social and commercial activities in the state from June 1, 2022, in protest of the ban on the use of motorcycles within six Local Government Areas in Lagos State.
He said, “The state Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alabi, uses this medium to assure all Lagosians that all necessary human, material and operational resources have been deployed across the state to forestall any breakdown of law and order.
“A carefully drafted security architecture, resulting from a detailed crime mapping of the state has been emplaced across the length and breadth of the state. In addition, all Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers, and tactical commanders have been placed on red alert towards any eventuality.
He concluded that the CP, “therefore, enjoins all residents of Lagos State to go about their lawful businesses without fear of harassment or intimidation before, during, and after the touted date for the purported civil disturbance, as officers and men of the command are fully on top of the situation.”