It was rain of bullets for about an hour, when operatives of the Lagos State Task Force on Environmental Sanitation stormed Toyota bus stop on Oshodi-Apapa expressway yesterday to impound commercial motorcycles plying the highway. Traders, customers, passersby and employees of nearby companies including The Guardian, Olam Nigeria, Daily Needs, Toyota Nigeria and other organisations scampered for safety, as bullets flew freely in the air. The agency chairman, Shola Jejeloye, had issued several warnings to motorcycle riders to desist from operating on restricted routes, particularly the highways and bridges across the state, to no avail. Though there was no known casualty as at the time of this report, no fewer than 50 motorcycles were seized. Some petty traders around the popular bus stop had their wares destroyed.

Source: The Guardian April 17, 2021 04:52 UTC