The Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS), popularly known as Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO) in the FCT has said that crushing of impounded commercial motorcycles remains the best option to addressing the menace of okada operation in the territory.
The directorate’s Head of Operations, Mrs Deborah Osho, stated this on Thursday during routine operations to impound commercial motorcycles operating illegally in the capital city.
Osho argued that fines as an alternative to crushing the impounded motorcycles would not solve the problem, considering that even when they were being crushed, the operators were still violating the ban.
She said, “The fine doesn’t work again. We are looking for a stiffer penalty to make sure we rid the city of the menace of okada operators.
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“There are plans for other punitive measures to address the menace, and we will make it public when concluded.
“As long as okada operators continue to violate the ban on operating within the city, we will continue to pick them up.”
She insisted that all impounded motorcycles would be crushed.
In his remarks, Dr Peter Olumuji, the Secretary, Command and Control Centre, FCTA Department of Security Services, said impoundment operations would continue day and night.
Olumuji explained that the exercise followed residents’ outcry on the persistent menace of commercial motorcycle operators in the city.
