{"id":16814,"date":"2024-02-12T19:01:08","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T19:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/lagos-taskforce-impounds-497-motorcycles\/"},"modified":"2024-02-12T19:01:08","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T19:01:08","slug":"lagos-taskforce-impounds-497-motorcycles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/lagos-taskforce-impounds-497-motorcycles\/","title":{"rendered":"Lagos Taskforce impounds 497 motorcycles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Lagos State Taskforce on Environment and Special Offences Enforcement Unit says it has seized 497 more commercial motorcycles for allegedly contravening traffic laws in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The Agency\u2019s spokesperson, Mr Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday in Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that more than 900 motorcycles were impounded for allegedly playing restricted roads in different parts of the state in January.<\/p>\n<p>Abdulraheem said the latest operations covered areas such as Doyin Bus Stop, on Orile\/Iganmu Road, Alakija, Iyana Iba, Igbo-Elerin, Festac Link Bridge and Igando.<\/p>\n<p>He also said that the agency was decisive in its operation to ensure public safety and uphold the laid down traffic rules and regulations on the state\u2019s highways.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, activities of commercial motorcyclists, especially along Lagos-Badagry Expressway, are reckless due to the nonchalant attitude of the riders on the axis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOkada operators here are the cause of major accidents and a big threat to the security architecture of the state along this route, especially the ones you see facing oncoming vehicles directly on one-way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is complete madness and I recommend anyone caught in the act to be subjected to psychiatric evaluation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Abdulraheem further stated that the agency achieved a remarkable record of seizures during the operation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis signals a clear message to motorcyclists that enforcement measures will be rigorously implemented in all nooks and crannies of the state,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>He reiterated the importance of compliance with traffic regulations and warned riders to desist from operating on restricted routes immediately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFailure to adhere to these regulations will result in the impoundment of motorcycles and possible jail term,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n<p>Lagos Taskforce impounds 497 motorcycles<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lagos State Taskforce on Environment and Special Offences Enforcement Unit says it has seized 497 more commercial motorcycles for&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10588,384,10589,15],"tags":[164,387,10590,180,4953],"class_list":["post-16814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lagos-taskforce","category-metro","category-motorcycles","category-news","tag-lagos","tag-metro","tag-motorcycles","tag-news","tag-taskforce"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}