COMMERCIAL MOTORCYCLE RIDERS AND PASSENGERS WILL BE PROSECUTED FOR RIDING ON RESTRICTED ROUTES

Lagos State Government on Wednesday said both riders of commercial motorcycle and their passengers would be prosecuted for driving on expressways, bridges and other restricted routes.

Commissioner of Transportation ,Kayode Opeifa gave the warning

at a stakeholders meeting with transport unions and operators of

the informal public sector in the state.Click on read more below to continue....

Opeifa said that despite the signing of the bill into law and the

massive enlightenment campaign embarked upon,it was disturbing

that motorcycles below 200cc still ply the restricted routes

including bridges and highways with impunity.Some of the

restricted routes for motorcycles and tricycles include all the

highways and dual carriage ways among others.Some of them
include Lagos-Ibadan Expressway,Apapa-Oshodi Expressway,
Oworonshoki-Oshodi Expressway,Lagos-Ikorodu Expressway,
Funsho Williams Avenue,Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway,Third
Mainland Bridge,Eti-Osa-Lekki Expressway,Lagos-Badagry 
Expressway,Agege Motor Road,Alfred Rewane Road,Ahmadu
Bello Way and Agege Motor Road among others.