Lagos State Government, has ordered owners/operators of commercial ‘Gokada’ and ‘Maxokada’ to immediately comply with the Lagos State Road Traffic Laws of 2012.

Chairman, Lagos State Task Force, Olayinka Egbeyemi, said after an enforcement operations on motorcyclists operating on restricted routes including one-way around Ikeja, Ojota, and Maryland.

Egbeyemi, a Chief Superintendent of Police, said out of one hundred and fifteen motorcycles impounded during the enforcement operations, twenty-two were branded commercial ‘Gokada and Maxokada’.

He confirmed that activities of the newly branded commercial motorcycle operators was illegal as it was without any valid documentations from government.

Egbeyemi, reiterated that in accordance with the law no commercial motorcycle operator was allowed to operate around four hundred and seventy-five restricted routes including highways and bridges across the State.

He enjoined the public to henceforth desists from patronising commercial motorcyclists on all restricted routes as passengers were as well liable for prosecutions, saying it was an eye-sore seeing operators of the newly branded commercial motorcycles, Gokada/Maxokada, competiting for right of ways with motorists on highways and bridges across the State”

The Chairman however said Commissioner of Police, Zubairu Muazu had directed that ten arrested riders be immediately charge to court for prosecution.

One of the arrested ‘Gokada’ rider, Ayeni Francis, who claimed to be paying N3000 per day to their authority said they were not aware of any documentations with the government.

Another arrested rider, Adebayo Adeniran confirmed that he collected one of the newly branded commercial motorcycle ‘Maxokada’ on higher purchase from the management after he presented a guarantor.