Operatives of the Lagos state taskforce have arrested 1750
suspected area boys in various parts for the month of October 2016.
Olayinka
Egbeyemi, the taskforce chairman made this disclosure, saying that during
the month under review, 1105 commercial motorcycles, popularly known as okada, and
1450 offenders were charged to court.
According the Egbeyemi, taskforce operatives engaged commercial
motorcycle operators plying restricted routes around Apapa during the last
Lagos environmental sanitation day held Saturday, 29th of October, 2016.
His words: “Police officers and paramilitary men were detailed
to different parts of the state for general monitoring and total compliance of
people with the Lagos State environmental sanitation day across the state”.
'Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Day' exercise across the
State which is usually last Saturday of every month commercial activities
including movement of persons/vehicles were always restricted between 7am to
10am according to the laws.
But, at Apapa without no
any regards to the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Laws people were seen
flagrantly engaging in all sorts of illegal commercial activities particularly
motorcycle operators plying restricted routes (picking/dropping passengers)
between restricted hours by (7am to 10am).
SP Egbeyemi stated that while his men were monitoring and
enforcing a total compliance by arresting miscreants/hoodlums and impounding
motorcycles on restricted routes around the area, motorcycle operators mobilized
themselves in hundreds and attacked his boys with stones, matchets, broken
bottles and woods.
The Chairman stated that mobilized miscreants/hoodlums who were
majorly motorcycle operators damaged windscreens and front lights of 4 trucks
belonging to the Agency while 2 other hilux vehicles were seriously destroyed
with one driver injured on his head.
He stated further that during the fracas the operatives of the
Agency successful impounded 27 motorcycles and arrested 5 of these mobilized
motorcylcle operators who were mainly Chadian and Nigerien .
SP Egbeyemi however confirmed that the Lagos State Government
has directed that the entire Apapa area be thoroughly sanitised of miscreants
and hoodlums including motorcycle operators plying restricted routes for a
safer and a cleaner environment for the entire people of Apapa and the State at
large.
The Chairman expressed that huge investment of Governor
Akinwunmi Ambode on security and provisions of modernised infrastructural
facilities around Apapa and it's environs must be seen encouraging both local
and foriegn investors and not to discourage them.
He therefore urged all residents living in all nooks and
crannies of Apapa and its environs to please give a maximum cooperation and
support to the Agency during the operation 'Total Enforcement on Environmental
Sanitation Execercise' around Apapa
He reitrated that during the exercice every single motorcycle
operators plying restricted routes including miscreants/hoodlums would be
arrested.
5 arrested miscreants includes Belo Sheu (17years), Ali Don
(20years), Aminu Ataru (22years), Musa Yahusa (15years) and Saliu Musa
(30years).
Meanwhile, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police Mr. Fatai
Owoseni after well briefed about the incident by SP Olayinka Egbeyemi directed
that all those arrested in connections with all damaged vehicles be immediately
charge to court for malicious damage of government properties.
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