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LAGOS is currently groaning under the yoke of the burdensome activities of commercial motorcycle riders popularly called
okada. Combined with the equally menacing commercial tricycle (Keke Marwa) operators, they have become a major security threat in the state. The recent pledge by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to tackle the menace should therefore be followed through with determination.
Okada riders’ lawlessness and impunity in the state have gone overboard. To be fair, the administration inherited a messy, chaotic transport sector. Relative sanity instilled on the highways between 2010 and 2015 began to revert to lawlessness when the state government unwisely relaxed enforcement of traffic laws. Consequently, Sanwo-Olu’s vow to restore order and his new mass transit initiatives raise hope that the riders will soon be tamed.
Vanguard News
Driving against traffic: Lagos impounds 10 vehicles on International Airport Road
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To prosecute erring drivers
By Bose Adelaja
Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Taskforce) says it has impounded 10 vehicles on Muritala Mohammed International Airport Road for driving against traffic just as it has vowed to, henceforth, commence the arrest and prosecution of drivers of vehicles impounded for driving against traffic in addition to the forfeiture of such vehicles.
The number plates of the 10 impounded vehicles are: Sinotruck (LND 26 XW), Toyota Corolla (BDG 935 FY), A – Zebra (AGL 18 AH), Ford Limited (PF 3622 SPY), Toyota Matrix (KSF 15 DS), Highlander (LSD 01 GR), Toyota Hiace (GGE 506 XZ), Mini Bus (BDG 484 TC), Toyota Hilux (KJA 392 XT) and Toyota Hilux (AAA 987 ET).
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Vanguard News
Sanitising society through traffic laws [opinion]
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By Kayode Ojewale
A law is a written or understood rule that concerns behavior. Laws are generally made to curtail the excesses and lapses of man in every society. Laws promote sanity and serve as guidance for acceptable behavior in any private or public setting. Without laws, there would be no orderliness, parity, equity or even justice in the society. A sane community needs laws in order to check people’s behavior in accordance with the norms that are obtainable in the society.
Laws also help to protect human rights and liberties against abuses by other people. It is through laws that standards are set and certain actions are regarded improper in our society today. There are different types of laws – business laws, contract laws, regulatory laws, prohibition laws, personal laws, traffic laws and many others.