LASTMA impounds 84 vehicles over traffic offences

By Olasunkanmi Akoni
LAGOS — The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, has impounded 84 commercial and private vehicles for various traffic offences during a comprehensive enforcement operation across identified traffic flashpoints in the state.
The exercise, conducted at the weekend around Idumota, Iddo, Ijora-Olopa, Costain and Onipanu, was aimed at restoring order and ensuring compliance with traffic regulations, particularly along corridors where persistent violations by motorists and commercial bus operators have affected the free flow of traffic.
LASTMA General Manager, Olalekan Bakare-Oki, said the agency was particularly concerned about the practice of commercial...