Ignore federal task force, Fashola tells Lagos motorists

The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has urged motorists across the state not to regard officials of the federal task force who have been deployed in major roads in the state.

The governor said this even as officials of the task force and the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority clashed on Monday.

Fashola said the task force officials, who are part of the Subsidy Re-Investment and Empowerment Programme of the Presidency, had no right to control traffic on Lagos roads.

He therefore urged Lagosians to resist them.

The governor said this during the fifth anniversary of Uniformed Voluntary Clubs held at the Ikeja Police College on Tuesday.

He described the task force as an illegal agency set up by the Federal Government few months to the 2015 elections in wanton desperation to win elections.

He said, “The SURE-P task force has no right to manage traffic on Lagos roads. The only agency authorised to manage traffic in Lagos on the federal roads are LASTMA and the Federal Road Safety Corps. Citizens should just resist them and refuse to cooperate with them.”