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Lagos seizes 15 tankers over indiscriminate parking along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway

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Toyeeb O. Abdulquadri
Nov 23, 2023
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A file photo of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu giving a speech while donned in a LASTMA uniform. Credit: The Guardian, Nigeria.

Lagos State Government has impounded 15 tankers for indiscriminate parking along the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway.

The tankers were seized during an enforcement operation carried out by the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) on Thursday.

The Director of Operations of LASTMA, Peter Gbejemede, said the operation was carried out on the directives of the Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Transportation, Sola Giwa. He noted that the impounded tankers were parked indiscriminately along the 2nd Rainbow down to Mile 2 Bridge, causing traffic congestion for motorists.

"It was further confirmed that some of the impounded tankers were apprehended inside Mile 2 Estates after investigations revealed that some of them now parked indiscriminately thereby causing serious traffic for Motorists coming out from the Estates", a statement from the LASTMA spokesper…

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