The Lagos State Environmental and
Special Offences Enforcement Unit (Taskforce) has obtained a ‘Court Order’
authorising it to auction 108 forfeited/abandoned vehicles to interested
members of the public.
The Chairman of the Agency, CSP
Olayinka Egbeyemi disclosed that the vehicles to be auctioned by the government
include 86 court forfeited and 22 abandoned vehicles impounded by the
enforcement team of the Agency in different parts of the State for driving
against traffic (one-way) and committing other traffic offences.
Egbeyemi also stated that the
public auction is scheduled to hold on Tuesday and Wednesday, 3rd and 4th of
December, 2019 at the Agency’s car park, Ikorodu, Lagos.
According to him, “It was after
the expiration of the 30 days public notice issued by the Agency in line with
the dictates of the law to all owners of the 22 abandoned vehicles to claim
them that the government obtained the court order to auctioned them to
interested members of the public”
“Let me commend the present
administration for the on-going massive roads rehabilitation going on
simultaneously across the State and to state clearly that motorists both
private and commercial bus drivers should desist from driving against traffic
(one-way) or causing traffic obstructions to other roads users with”.
While reiterating the State
government’s zero-tolerance for the violation of the law under any guise, the
Chairman maintained that the Agency will continue to prosecute 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 enforcement team
of the Agency led by the Chairman over the weekend cleared all illegal trucks
and abandoned vehicles causing traffic gridlock at ‘Guiness’ Ikeja / ogba axis
in line with the directive of the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem
Odumosu.
CSP Egbeyemi commended the new
Lagos State Commissioner of Police CP Hakeem Odumosu for his pro-activeness in
enforcing both the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Laws and the Lagos
State Transport Sector Reform Law 2018.
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