The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) said it has impounded 235 vehicles for indiscriminate parking, flagrant environmental violations, and general traffic anarchy across the state.
In a statement on Thursday by LASTMA spokesman Adebayo Tofiq, the Lagos traffic managers said the vehicles were seized during a clean-up enforcement campaign across critical traffic corridors within the state.
“This expansive operation, meticulously coordinated under the leadership of Mr. Olalekan Bakare-Oki, General Manager of LASTMA, commenced today with full deployment across high-density zones, notably Oyingbo, Iddo, Eja-Lonibu, Adeniji Adele, Sabo, Jibowu (Inter-State Terminal), and Oshodi,” he said.
According to the agency, no fewer than 235 vehicles comprising 38 private automobiles,156 painted Volkswagen commercial buses (Danfo), 19 Minibuses (Korope)/tricycles, five haulage trucks, and 17 inter-state passenger buses were impounded for various breaches of the Lagos State Transport Sector Reform Law of 2018.
The offences ranged from unlawful encroachment upon pedestrian pathways, obstruction of vehicular flow, establishment of illegal terminals, to reckless disregard for established traffic regulations.
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