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Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe
The Lagos State Task Force on Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences (Enforcement Unit) said it had obtained an order of the Lagos State Mobile Court to auction 88 forfeited vehicles.
It was gathered that the forfeited vehicles were impounded for driving against the traffic in different parts of the state.
According to the Chairman of the agency, Shola Jejeloye, the drivers of the vehicles were arraigned before the mobile court, which ordered their forfeiture.
Jejeloye, who noted that the public auction would hold on Wednesday, January 20, 2021, at the agency’s car park, Alausa, Ikeja, urged private and commercial bus drivers to desist from driving against the traffic.
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he Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Task force has obtained a ‘Court Order’ for the permanent forfeiture of 88 vehicles seized for violating the state traffic laws.
The task force said with the court order, it is ready to auction the 88 affected vehicles.
It said the forfeiture order was granted yesterday by the Lagos State Mobile Court.
Chairman of the agency, Shola Jejeloye, who made this disclosure, said the 88 vehicles to be auctioned were impounded by the enforcement team of the agency for driving against traffic.
According to the chairman, “They were all arraigned and forfeited by the court in line with Part (3) Item (27) of the Lagos State Transport Sector Reformed Law of 2018”