Lagos Taskforce to auction 88 vehicles impounded on one-way
By Abolaji Adebayo
The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce) said it has obtained a ‘Court Order’ authorising it to publicly auction 88 vehicles arrested on one-way.
In a statement by the Taskforce Head of Public Affairs Unit, Adebayo Taofiq, the Chairman of the Agency, CSP Shola Jejeloye, disclosed that the 88 vehicles to be auctioned by the government were impounded by the enforcement team of the Agency for driving against traffic (one-way) at different parts of the State.
He said: “They were all arraigned and forfeited by court in line with Part (3) item (27) of the Lagos State Transport Sector Reformed Law of 2018.”
CSP Jejeloye confirmed that the Public Auction would hold in line with Covid-19 protocols on Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at the Agency’s Car Park, (Behind Shoprite), Alausa, Ikeja.
He therefore warned motorists both private and commercial bus drivers to desist from driving against traffic (one-way), reiterating that any vehicle impounded would be forfeited.
“The penalty is outright forfeiture of such vehicle to the government without any option of any fine.”
While reiterating the state government’s zero tolerance for the violation of the law under any guise, Jejeloye said the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has directed the operatives of the Agency to continue prosecuting traffic offenders “until sanity is restored on our roads and law-abiding citizens are allowed to commute without being impeded by unlawful individuals.”
Meanwhile, the Coordinator of the Lagos State Mobile Court, Mrs. Arinola Ogbara Banjoko, confirmed that owners/drivers of these 88 court forfeited One-way vehicles were arraigned before Chief Magistrate, Micheal Olubi, Magistrate Lateef Layeni, Magistrate Oyebimbola Israel Adelakun, Magistrate Ibidun Abina and Magistrate Shakirat Obasa.
She hinted that other traffic offenders caught plying BRT corridors or those causing obstructions to other road users were also arraigned and fined by Lagos State Mobile Court at Bolade, Oshodi.
