Police force arrests 10 fuel hawkers for causing traffic
Ten fuel hawkers have been arrested for obstructing traffic by the Lagos State Task Force on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement).
According to the unit's spokesman, Adebayo Taofiq, they were arrested for causing traffic in Oshodi and Ikeja area, The Punch reports.
“These hawkers stay around filling stations and they cause gridlock for other road users.
The Chairman of the task force, SP Olayinka Egebyemi, ordered that there should be vehicular sanity around all filling stations in the state.
During our operation on Sunday, 25 miscreants, including those hawking fuel by the roadsides around filling stations were arrested. Ten were found guilty.
“They would be charged to court for environmental offences according to the law,” he said.
In 2015, the Lagos state Task Force made a major arrest.
While these ten fuel hawkers were arrested for causing traffic, 98 motorists were arrested for violating traffic rules.
105 motorcycles were also seized.
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