The Lagos State government has called on
federal agencies to respect provisions of the law in carrying out their
activities in the state.
The call was made Friday, on the heels
of recent development and attendant confusion with the deployment of
“faceless” federal task force to Lagos roads.
There was also complaint about the use
of national colours on road kerbs and illegal placements of political
adverts, all done without recourse to existing laws in the state.
The state Governor, Mr. Babatunde
Fashola (SAN) has written President Goodluck Jonathan on the “illegal”
deployment of task force to Lagos roads, allegedly set up to create
confusion and chaos in the state.
The state Attorney General and
Commissioner for Justice, Ade Ipaye, while speaking at a State Executive
Council briefing on Friday, said the developments were flagrant
disregard for rules and regulations guiding the society and a call for
concern.
Ipaye noted that two days ago
(Thursday), unknown men in black uniform, under the aegis of Subsidy
Reinvestment Empowerment Programme/ Federal Roads Maintenance Agency
(SURE-P/FERMA) task force, forcefully took over the control of traffic
on the old toll gate section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
Aided by four armed policemen, the task
force forced officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority
(LASTMA) to vacate the axis.
He said that was the fifth time the group had been unleashed on the Lagos public.
“We have made series of complaints in
the past and at one of such occasions when police personnel were
attacked (by the task force), the police made some arrests and since
then, we are yet to see a stoppage to this unlawful act,” he said.
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