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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”
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Lagos Taskforce to auction 88 vehicles impounded for driving against traffic
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By Bose Adelaja
The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce) Monday, said it has obtained a Court Order authorising it to publicly auction 88 vehicles arrested for driving against traffic at different parts of the State
In a statement by the Head of Public Affairs Unit, Adebayo Taofiq, the Chairman of the Agency, CSP Shola Jejeloye, disclosed that the 88 vehicles to be auctioned by the government were impounded by the enforcement team of the Agency and were forfeited by Lagos State Mobile Court.
He said 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.