BY LEVI JOHNSON
Having succeeded to successfully arrested and auctioned 44 vehicles that violated traffic rules in Lagos, the Lagos State task force has devised another means of arresting BRT lane and one-way defaulters.
A vehicle owner who spoke to TheCheer Monday decried the crafty means the tasks forces were going around to set traps in the way of other drivers to lure them violate traffic rules.
He said: “My experience this morning at 6.20 shows that Lagos State task force is out to generate money for the State my luring drivers to pass BRT lane when there is traffic.
“The Task Force who drove in a sienna uncustomized bus passed through the BRT lane under the Maryland Bridge.
“As soon as other drivers who were in the traffic jam saw it, they followed suit.
“Then the sienna bus stopped suddenly and the policemen in the vehicle came down from the bus and entered the vehicles lining up behind them.
“Of course they knew the road was bad at that particular place. This is really bad. I felt pity for the victims.”
Besides, another driver of private a car also added that some members of LASTMA official do same by ordering vehicles to pass through the unauthorized lane during a traffic jam, knowing full well that the task force is ahead to arrest the vehicles.
This is really unfair, coming from the Lagos State Government who seeks to make the state a pacesetter for excellence. Even if the state wants to generate money, this crook means is unsavoury for a state.
However, drivers are enjoined not to fall into this unwholesome devices from the Lagos State task force.
The Lagos State Government should also realize that these are hard times and tensions are already here and avoid what will trigger violence in the land.
Recall that tears from vehicle owners flow freely last week when the Lagos government auctioned 44 vehicles for traffic offences.
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