OLORUNDARE ENIMOLA, Lagos
In a move to ensure that Lagosians enjoy safer driving and commuting experience across the State, the Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) popularly known as KAI during a clearance operation by operatives of the Agency apprehended 6 suspected vendors for engaging in the illegal sales of sachet alcohol and aphrodisiacs in traffic around the Iyana-Isolo-Ilasamaja axis of the State on Monday.
This disclosure was made by the Corps Marshal of the Agency, Major Olaniyi Olatunbosun Cole (rtd) at the Command Headquarters, Bolade-Oshodi. According to him, ‘‘we received reports from motorists about how vendors engaged in the illegal sales of sachet alcohol, liquor and aphrodisiacs keep hawking these drinks in traffic which can contribute to the high rate of accidents via drunk driving and passenger-induced chaos’’.
The Corps Marshal revealed the names of the 6 suspected illegal drink hawkers as, Kemi Akeju, F, 36, Bola Oladimeji, F, 49, Monsurat Bakare, F, 40, Tosin Olayiwola, F, 38, Lateefat Bakare, F, 45, Stella Joseph, F, 41 as they have since been charged to court on appropriate charges to face prosecution.
Cole decried the alarming scourge of drunk-driving among Lagos drivers which has been researched as a leading and contributory factor to the spate of motor accidents within and outside the State. Also, he commended the arrest of these defaulters, warning that the trend of hawking alcohol in traffic must be discouraged as the Agency will exhaust all lawful options to bring perpetuators to book.
The Corps Marshal also sounded a clear note of warning to street traders, hawkers, building contractors in the habit of stacking sand on the road, just as he cautioned public and private buildings to be in possession of a valid waste collection contract and patronize approved PSP operators in the State to promote a cleaner and habitable metropolis.
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