The Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, and the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Wale Musa, on Monday oversaw the destruction of 1,500 seized motorcycles at the Lagos State Task Force premises in Oshodi.
This was disclosed by the Lagos State Government who shared images of the event on its X account.
The caption read, “Commissioner for #lagosMOT1, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, with the Permanent Secretary, Wale Musa, at the crushing of 1,500 seized commercial motorcycles at the Lagos State Task Force premises on Monday.”
Recall that he Lagos State Government imposed a ban on commercial motorcycles, commonly known as okada, from operating on major highways.
The activity conducted on Monday was linked to the state government’s renewed crackdown on okada operators who had resumed operations on the roads.
The Director of Public Affairs for the Lagos State Task Force, Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, previously emphasized in October that the ban on okada remained in place in the state.
He also highlighted the enforcement challenges due to the proximity of Lagos to Ogun State.
In an interview with journalists, he said, “Ojodu is a border town, so some okada riders are using the neighbouring state as camouflage whenever we want to arrest them. This has been hindering our work in that area because we would not want to overstep our boundaries.
“We will try as much as possible to develop another strategy, we will surely work on the congestion.”
