By; RAYMOND TEDUNJAYE, Lagos
No fewer than 482 motorcycles impounded by the police in Lagos over violation of traffic rules were crushed at the weekend.
The motorcycles, crushed at the Alausa Secretariat, Ikeja, were said to have been impounded at different times and locations in the state for contravening various traffic laws.
Speaking at the site of the exercise, the Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, disclosed that the crushing exercise has been on since the enforcement started but the exercise carried out publicly today was to convince members of the public especially the doubting Thomas that the impounded motorcycles are actually being crushed contrary to insinuations by mischief makers that the motorbikes are being sold and recycled.
He therefore warned erring motorcycle operators plying restricted areas and those violating other traffic laws or using motorcycles for criminal activities in the state to have a change of mind or face the legal consequences.
According to a release by the police public relations officer CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, the police boss assured that the crushing exercise will be a continuous one to discourage people from trampling upon the law, and reiterate determination of the Police Command to enforce the law.
