Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi
Ikuforiji, has asked the state Police Command to stop its officers and men from
harassing commercial motorcyclists operating on inner roads as recommended by
the traffic law.
Ikuforiji spoke during an interview with
journalists in Lagos, according to a statement on Sunday.
Ikuforiji said, “It has come to our attention in
the Assembly that some unscrupulous men in police uniform have been molesting
innocent and law-abiding okada operators who have actually restricted
their operations to inner city roads as contained in the new Lagos State
Traffic Law.
“It is therefore very apt to call on the Lagos
State Police Command to properly educate its men and officers.
“No rider who is already obeying the law should
be molested at all. And under no circumstance should the motorcycles of such be
confiscated.”
The Speaker said the law was aimed at ensuring
the security and safety of all Lagosians, adding that no enforcement agency,
especially the police, should misapply the law.
He said, “The truth of the matter is that the
government has not banned okada operations in Lagos.
“What we did was to restrict their operations
from our expressways and major roads to inner city roads where their lives and
those of other Lagosians that patronise them would no longer be in danger.”
Ikuforiji, who also spoke on the state of the
nation, stated that it was unfortunate that after 12 years of democratic rule,
Nigeria was still battling to have reliable power supply.
He said, “If the needed importance had been
accorded the independent power project initiated by the former governor of
Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, that was meant to generate 370 and 540 Megawatts in
its first and second phase, Nigeria would have by now been through with
epileptic power supply.
“It is therefore my opinion that state
governments should henceforth be allowed to generate electricity in the country
if they so wish.”
The Punch
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