LASTMA impounds 20 vehicles in Lagos

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has impounded no fewer than 20 commercial vehicles at the Apongbon Bridge and Ikorodu areas of Lagos State.

The General Manager of the Authority, Bolaji Oreagba, while speaking to newsmen on the enforcement exercise on Saturday, said the illegal activities of the owners of the commercial buses/cars on bridges and roundabouts across the state contravene the Lagos State Transport Sector Reform Law of 2018.

Oreagba stated that it was nauseating seeing the commercial bus drivers constituting public nuisance by operating illegally on bridges and roundabouts thereby causing avoidable traffic gridlock and inconveniencing other motorists and road users.

He added that the LASTMA Enforcement Unit had to embark on the exercise at Apongbon Bridge and Ikorodu roundabouts after the recalcitrant drivers who did not want to operate within government-designated garages and parks across the state and failed to comply with several warnings issued to them.

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He noted that the Authority would not rest on his oars on curbing illegal activities of the unruly commercial buses/cars operators as the present administration is expending huge resources on constructing standard Bus Terminals in every part of the state.

“We would continue to ensure free flow of traffic movement around bridges and roundabouts across the state by scaling up our enforcement and clampdown operations on these stubborn commercial buses operating illegal parks, garages, and car mart in the state,” Oreagba said.

Also speaking, the Head of the  Enforcement Unit of LASTMA, Odunuga Olukayode, said the agency was committed to continuing to clamp down on the nefarious activities of disobedient commercial vehicle operators until zero tolerance on illegal garages and parks is achieved across the State.

Odunuga added that the arrested drivers of the 20 impounded commercial buses have been fined N100,000 each after they all pleaded guilty to their charges when they were arraigned before a Mobile Court.

The Star