A Joint Task Force of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Tuesday, impounded one hundred and twenty motorcycles for violating movement restriction within the Federal Capital City (FCC).
Deborah Osho, head of operations Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS) FCT, told journalists that the exercise was part of measures to intensify the enforcement of the ban in restricted areas.
The team raided Garki Area 1&3, Guzape, Drumi 1,2 & 3, Mpape junction, Asokoro and Kubwa axis of the Nation’s capital.
Mrs. Osho said as long as Okada operators continue violating the traffic rules by coming to where their activities are banned, the enforcement team will continue to impounded them till the time that the relevant government authorities are given the go ahead to crush them.
“We were able to clean the city centre and along the express way of the menace of okada activities, coming into the city centre, causing a lot of traffic and other vices that are against the traffic rules.
“And we were able to take about one hundred and twenty bikes today, by tomorrow, we will be on the road again, hunting for them, because as long as they’re adamant, we will also not be tired of going after them.
“We will always approach the Court for an order of forfeiture, and once the order comes, we will crush them”, she stated.
For the Secretary, FCT Command and Control Centre of Security Services Department, Dr Peter Olumuji, said the rate of crime being perpetrated by the use of commercial motorcycles has reduced drastically.
He explained that the FCT Commissioner of Police had also reinstated where they are not ment to operate, they are not ment to be there, so as long as they decide to disobey that law, then they should also be ready to face the music at every point in time.
According to him, the Minister of FCT is only passionate about the security of lives of the residents, “So this is a sustained operation to ensure that the security of FCT improve to than what it use to be in the past.
“It’s a holistic approach as we have done, and all the Security Agencies within the FCT have been working in good synergy and that’s why we are recording this success.
“We have the Nigerian Police, the Civil Defence, Department of State Services, including NDLEA, because we also have issues of related drug arrest as we go out, and we have the Immigration Services because of illegal immigrants, also the Correctional Services, in case we need to put some persons behind the vehicle to restrain them.
“This is a sustained operation to ensure that the security of FCT continue to improve”
