Taskforce Vows To Enforce Traffic Laws After Days Of Lawlessness On Lagos Roads

The lawlessness on Lagos roads in the wake of #EndSARS protests has become a source of worry to the government and law abiding citizens of the state.

This has forced the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Taskforce) to issued a warning that it would not fold its and allow this to continue unchecked.

The chairman of the Taskforce, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, warned motorists contravening the Lagos State Transport Law (2018) to desist forthwith or face the wrath of the Law.

CSP Egbeyemi, who gave the warning, asserted that the Enforcement Unit and other relevant agencies of the state government are determined to enforce the Law on recalcitrant motorists who contravene any part of the stipulated traffic rules.

In his words, “All motorists, including private car owners, are hereby warned to henceforth desist from all forms of traffic obstructions, driving against traffic (one-way) and plying BRT corridors”.

“It is disheartening to observe that commercial bus drivers and private car owners are in the habit of disobeying all road signs and signals in contravention to the traffic law, thereby causing impediments to free vehicular movement across the metropolis”, he added.

While declaring that the Enforcement Unit of the agency will arrest any motorist caught disobeying the traffic law, Egbeyemi also cautioned commercial tricycle and motorcycle operators to stop plying restricted routes as violators will be penalised in accordance with the stipulated Law.

The chairman enjoined the general public to be law-abiding and report any security breach around them via the Lagos State toll-free lines 112 or 767.