Lagos State Government has condemned the May 12 mob attack by commercial motorcycle riders on a sound engineer, Mr David Imoh, who was killed in Lekki, assuring that justice will be done.
The state’s taskforce on environmental offences arrested 10 commercial motorcyclists and impounded 123 motorcycles operating at Lekki area on Monday as a consequence of the murder.
The police had earlier arrested four persons over their alleged participation in the murder of Imoh, 38, and promised to continue the manhunt.
Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso, stated on Monday that he had spoken with Imoh’s family members and that two survivors of the condemnable act were in still hospital.
He extended the condolences of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and assured that government would address the root cause of the mob attack and similar incidents, which had caused public anxiety.
“Government implores residents to remain calm as police continue to investigate the matter.
“Lagos has no room for savagery and anybody found to have been involved in the barbarism will surely face the law.
“We condemn and will not condone any kind of jungle justice no matter who the perpetrators are,’’ Omotoso stressed.
Meanwhile, Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental Offences has arrested 10 commercial motorcyclists, impounded 123 motorcycles operating at Lekki areas following the killing.
The Director, Press and Public Affairs of the agency, Mr Gbadeyan Abdulraheem confirmed this on Monday in a statement.
The taskforce spokesman said that the raid of the motorcycles was in connection with the alleged murder of Imoh, a sound engineer, by some commercial motorcyclists.
He said that the Chairman of the Lagos State Taskforce, CSP Shola Jejeloye, led a team of officers and men to the axis to carry out the raid on commercial motorcyclists operating illegally in that area.
Abdulraheem said that the operation lasted for about four hours, beginning in the early hours of Monday at Lekki Epe Expressway, Lekki Phase 1 axis, Admiralty Way and its environs.
He said that the Agency has been to the area severally to make arrests and seize some of the bikes plying one-way and restricted routes, stressing that the motorcyclists, unfortunately found themselves back on same roads following week.
”Some even put up resistance when apprehended because they see nothing wrong in what they are doing.
“The murder of Mr David Imoh by the suspected Okada men is a painful and tragic incident, hence the need to intensify our activities in the axis and in the state.
“We want to ensure that the menace of Okada is brought to a complete halt and also prevent a reoccurrence of such an inhumane and barbaric act,” he said.
Abdulraheem noted that Operation Kogberegbe, which was launched as a result of the menace of Okada operators, will be reinforced to put an end to the nuisance caused by them.
