Drunk Driving: Lagos Raids Motor Parks, Impounds Alcoholic Drinks  

The Lagos State government, on Tuesday, confiscated alcoholic drinks from some motor parks to halt the trend of alcohol consumption by commercial drivers with the aim of stemming the tide of motor accidents in the State.

The exercise was carried out during raids on Olupese Terminal Park and Oshodi-Bolade Garages by the operatives of Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps, popularly known as KAI.

This was disclosed by the State’s Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Wahab Tokunbo, through a his X handle (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday.

The Commissioner added that the Corps Marshal of the Agency, Major Olaniyi Olatunbosun Cole (rtd), also read the riot act to street traders and hawkers to desist from their banned activities as enshrined in the Environmental Laws of the State just as he maintained that the resolve of the Agency in the war against street trading, displaying wares for sale in traffic, on walkways, setbacks, lay-bys, gutter slabs, road verges, medians and kerbs will be sustained and defaulters will be met with stiff opposition.

“As part of concerted efforts undertaken by the State Government to mitigate the trend of alcohol consumption by commercial drivers across different parks and garages in the State as discovered to be a primary trigger for motor accidents, the Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps (@LAGESCOfficial ) popularly known as KAI impounded alcoholic drinks during a raid on Olupese Terminal Park and Oshodi-Bolade Garages on Tuesday.

“The Corps Marshal of the Agency, Major Olaniyi Olatunbosun Cole (rtd) equally read the riot act to street traders and hawkers to desist from their banned activities as enshrined in the Environmental Laws of the State just as he maintained that the resolve of the Agency in the war against street trading, displaying wares for sale in traffic, on walkways, setbacks, lay-bys, gutter slabs, road verges, medians and kerbs will be sustained and defaulters will be met with stiff opposition,” Tokunbo stated.