Olusegun ARIYO
Lagos State Taskforce has launched a renewed enforcement drive along the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road corridor, focusing on commercial motorcycles, traffic infractions and the removal of illegal roadside structures.
During the operation, more than 50 motorcycles were seized, while 10 vehicles were apprehended for various traffic violations.
Details of the exercise were shared on Sunday through videos posted on X by the Senior Special Assistant on New Media to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Jubril Gawat.
The footage showed taskforce operatives taking action against erring motorists, commercial motorcyclists and unauthorised structures along the route.
According to the update, the operation targeted violations such as illegal motorcycle operations, one-way driving and the erection of shanties within the coastal road corridor.
Several motorcycles, including a dispatch rider’s bike, were confiscated during the clampdown.
“Lagos State Taskforce has commenced enforcement against Okada operations, one-way driving and the removal of shanties along the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road corridor,” the post stated.
“Over 50 motorcycles were confiscated for operating on highways in violation of Lagos State traffic laws, while 10 vehicles were arrested and will be charged to court for driving against traffic. Enforcement will continue,” the statement added.
The latest action is in line with ongoing environmental sanitation and traffic management measures earlier announced by the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab.
In November 2025, Wahab confirmed that clearance operations were being sustained along the corridor to address environmental and safety concerns.
“Clearance exercises are ongoing at Lakowe, where illegal shanties, makeshift structures and roadside trading points obstructing drainage systems and pedestrian movement are being removed.
“Enforcement is also being extended to street traders and environmental sanitation offenders within the corridor,” Wahab had said in a post on his official X account.
The renewed enforcement comes against the backdrop of increasing public complaints over persistent one-way driving and reckless motorcycle activities in several parts of Lagos, despite the ban on commercial motorcycles on major highways.
