LAGOS: Govt to auction 88 vehicles impounded for traffic offence

THE government is set to auction eighty-eight vehicles impounded for driving against traffic (one-way) by the enforcement team of the Lagos taskforce at different parts of the state.

A Chief Superintendent of Police, Sola Jejeloye, who is the chairperson of the taskforce, disclosed this today.

Jejeloye 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”

He noted that the public auction would hold in line with Covid-19 protocols on Wednesday, January 20, 2021, at the agency’s car park, Alausa, Ikeja.

He urged motorists to desist from driving against traffic as the penalty is outright forfeiture of such vehicle to the government without any option of fine.

He also reiterated the state government’s zero-tolerance for the violation of the law under any guise.

He said operatives of the agency will continue to prosecute traffic offenders until sanity is restored on the roads and law-abiding citizens are allowed to commute without being impeded by unlawful individuals.

Speaking in a similar vein, the Coordinator of the Lagos State Mobile Court, Arinola Banjoko said that the owners/drivers of the 88 forfieted vehicles were arraigned before Chief Magistrate Micheal Olubi, Magistrate Lateef Layeni, Magistrate Oyebimbola Israel Adelakun, Magistrate Ibidun Abina and Magistrate Shakirat Obasa.

The official hinted that other traffic offenders caught plying BRT corridors or those causing obstructions to other road users were also arraigned and fined by a mobile court in Oshodi.

Jejeloye said operatives of the Lagos taskforce will continue the enforcement of traffic laws in a bid to sanitise the state.