Officials of
the Lagos State Task Force on Environmental and Special Offences have impounded
30 motorcycles in the Iju-Ishaga area of the state.
The task
force also dislodged traders selling their wares at the Computer Village, Ikeja
in a bid to stop street trading. It arrested four of the traders.
The task
force officials had on Monday swooped on commercial motorcycle riders plying
the Iju-Ishaga Road, which is said to be a restricted route.
The
officials chased the okada riders and impounded their motorcycles.
It was
learnt that the okada riders abandoned their bikes and took to their heels to
avoid being arrested and prosecuted.
The task
force Chairman, Bayo Sulaiman, said residents of the area had been complaining
that okada riders were plying prohibited routes and obstructing traffic in the
area.
He said,
“The task force wanted people to know that it had not relented in its
enforcement activities, as being speculated in some quarters. Any motorcyclist
arrested, will be charged to court and their bikes forfeited to government.”
Sulaiman
added that the task force visited Computer Village to dislodge traders peddling
their wares on the streets and warned that the enforcement officials would
continue to monitor activities in the area on a daily basis to ensure that
traders were off the streets.
He said
another raid on Monday evening revealed that many of the traders were back on
the streets hawking their wares.
“The task
force raided the village and arrested four traders while others fled,” he
added.
According to
Sulaiman, the task force will not relent in enforcing the ban on street
trading. He said the four people arrested would be charged to court to serve as
a deterrent to others.
He said, “We
will ensure that the Computer Village is cleaned up and we don’t want trading
on the streets at the village. We are warning them that if any of them comes to
the road again to sell, we will seize their goods.
“A lot of
people believe that we have relaxed in enforcement; but we have not. We will
ensure that places like Oshodi and Obalende- that have been cleared of street
trading and street urchins- are well policed so that the traders and area boys
do not come back to turn these places to nuisance.”
Source: Punchng.com
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