Environmental and Special Offences (Task Force), Mr Uzan Rildwan, tasted the hazard of the job on Monday as he was stabbed on his head with two of his fingers cut off by commercial drivers and market touts under Oshodi bridge.
The injury came, following the fracas that ensued while men of the Task Force were arresting commercial buses obstructing traffic and causing
traffic gridlocks at Oshodi under bridge.
Commercial bus drivers and market touts, according to a statement issued by the Public Affairs Officer of the Task Force, Mr Adebayo Taofiq, came out and attacked both the police and paramilitary officers with broken bottles, cutlasses, wood and other dangerous weapons in order to secure the release of the six arrested commercial buses.
Rildwan, who was injured during the fracas, was said to have immediately been rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment before he was transferred to the General Hospital, Ikeja, for further diagnoses on
his head.
Meanwhile, the Task Force has expressed optimism that the introduction of Mobile Court, which full implementation will commence on Tuesday,
willensure that motorists comported themselves and complied with the state Traffic Laws of 2012.
The Task Force said the Mobile Court would be moving across different locations in the state with magistrates, lawyers, black maria, cashier, police and towing vehicles.
According to it, the Mobile Court was set to deal with growing cases of traffic and environmental abuses in the state.
It listed offences ranging from commercial motorcycles riding against traffic, refusal to obey traffic signs, commercial bus drivers (Danfo) who
operate on motion with their doors open, among others, which the Mobile Court would handle and convict people over.
“It is expected that bus conductors should always make sure that doors of their commercial buses are closed whenever their vehicles are on motion and must only stop at designated bus-stops while dropping and picking passengers; motorcycle riders should not ride against traffic or ride their motorcycles on restricted routes across the state.
“The step taken by the government would bring sanity to the system and does not exclude private vehicle owners who constantly disobey traffic Laws,” the Task Force said.
The injury came, following the fracas that ensued while men of the Task Force were arresting commercial buses obstructing traffic and causing
traffic gridlocks at Oshodi under bridge.
Commercial bus drivers and market touts, according to a statement issued by the Public Affairs Officer of the Task Force, Mr Adebayo Taofiq, came out and attacked both the police and paramilitary officers with broken bottles, cutlasses, wood and other dangerous weapons in order to secure the release of the six arrested commercial buses.
Rildwan, who was injured during the fracas, was said to have immediately been rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment before he was transferred to the General Hospital, Ikeja, for further diagnoses on
his head.
Meanwhile, the Task Force has expressed optimism that the introduction of Mobile Court, which full implementation will commence on Tuesday,
willensure that motorists comported themselves and complied with the state Traffic Laws of 2012.
The Task Force said the Mobile Court would be moving across different locations in the state with magistrates, lawyers, black maria, cashier, police and towing vehicles.
According to it, the Mobile Court was set to deal with growing cases of traffic and environmental abuses in the state.
It listed offences ranging from commercial motorcycles riding against traffic, refusal to obey traffic signs, commercial bus drivers (Danfo) who
operate on motion with their doors open, among others, which the Mobile Court would handle and convict people over.
“It is expected that bus conductors should always make sure that doors of their commercial buses are closed whenever their vehicles are on motion and must only stop at designated bus-stops while dropping and picking passengers; motorcycle riders should not ride against traffic or ride their motorcycles on restricted routes across the state.
“The step taken by the government would bring sanity to the system and does not exclude private vehicle owners who constantly disobey traffic Laws,” the Task Force said.
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