Task Force impounds 382 motorcycles, arrests 103 miscreants in Lagos
Some of the seized motorcycles. FOLLOWING incessant attacks on Police personnel by some commercial motorcyclists in some parts of Lagos, the state Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Task Force), yesterday, said it had impounded over 382 motorcycles and arrested 103 miscreants during a raid of some black spots in Festac Town and Surulere areas of the state. The Task Force Chairman, Shola Jejeloye, in a statement, said the operation was carried out during weeklong enforcement activities in all parts of Festac Town and Surulere areas. He said the impounded motorcycles and miscreants have been handed over to the state police command for prosecution while four other suspects in the first attack had been arraigned and sentenced to two years imprisonment for violating the state environmental and special offenses laws. Jejeloye lamented that unrestrained speed, a gross violation of extant laws of the state government, and other regulations were fast becoming rampant among motorcycl...