In a bid to restore sanity to Lagos roads and rid the state of defiant motorcyclists, operatives of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences Agency Taskforce have raided some select areas in the state and impounded one hundred and thirty-four motorcycles.

According to the agency, the impounded commercial motorcycles were plying restricted routes along CMS, Marina, Apongbon and Yaba including an ORide motorcyclist, who took wrong way.

Its Chairman, Olayinka Egbeyemi, while parading the impounded motorcycles, said they flouted traffic regulations by riding along restricted routes, saying the agency was compelled to embark on the clampdown due to the enormous complaints that reached him about their illegal activities.

Egbeyemi, a Chief Superintendent of Police said the clampdown would stretch to other restricted routes in Victoria Island, Ajah and Lekki to put a check to the illegal operations and plying of restricted routes.

He condemned the careless ride by the motorcyclists, saying their activities endanger lives of motorists and pedestrians.

Citing the Lagos Traffic Laws, Egbeyemi said the motorcyclists plied restricted routes, saying every motorcycle operator must wear crash helmets, be above eighteen of years, and must not ride on kerb/median/road setbacks.

The chairman condemned the recklessness of ORide motorcyclists, who he alleged were gradually becoming a problem on the roads as they ride against traffic and on flyovers, adding that the agency would ensure that the Lagos Traffic Regulations are adhered to in all areas of the state.