Lagos Taskforce To Impound Vehicles Parked By Car Dealers On Unapproved Spaces

Lagos State Taskforce to impound vehicles parked by car dealers on unapproved spaces across the state.

Says parking on unapproved spaces jeopardizes the safety, serenity, beautification exercise and greener initiative of State Govt. 

The Agency noted that cars for sale should be parked at an approved car lots and not by the road side or walkways.

The Lagos State Taskforce on Environment and Special Offences Unit has vowed to prosecute some car dealers who have converted road setbacks, walkways, lay-bys, gardens and other unapproved spaces into car lots.

This position was made known by the Chairman of the Agency, CSP Shola Jejeloye, in a statement by Gbadeyan Abduraheem, the Director, Press & Public Affairs Lagos State Taskforce.

According to Jejeloye, the actions of some motor dealers and transport operators are inconsiderate as they jeopardize the safety, serenity, beautification exercise and greener Lagos initiative of Lagos State Government for their selfish gains.

Jejeloye said:

“It is high time we put a stop to this unruly behavior and environmental impunity of converting every available public space to personal use by some car dealers.

“Walkways, road setback, lay-bys were meant and created to cater for pedestrians movement and other public use, but nowadays you see cars parked on them with kegs placed on top indicating they are for sale.

“This is totally wrong and we are here to put a final stop to it. Cars for sale should be parked at an approved car lots and not by the road side or walkways.” Jejeloye stated.

Jejeloye sounded a note of warning to car dealers who are still in the habit of parking their vehicles for sale on the walkways to either move them to proper car lots or have them impounded and their owners made to face the full wrath of the law.

The Chairman also stated that indiscriminate use of motor-dealers’ registered number plates is worrisome :

“We have it on good authority that car dealers are now fond of using one registered number plate for private use simply to evade other vehicle particulars.

“Some unscrupulous elements in the society use car dealer number plates to perpetrate criminal acts in the State which they believe would not be traced to them as the vehicle used during the criminal act could be different from the vehicle its placed on the following day.”

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