On Monday, November 27, the state government of Lagos smashed 1500 motorcycles that had been seized. Oluwaseun Osiyemi, the state commissioner of transportation, and Wale Musa, the permanent secretary to the ministry, examined the crushing of the 1,500 confiscated bikes at the Lagos State Taskforce facility.
On Monday, November 27, the Lagos state government posted pictures to its X account.
“Commissioner for #lagosMOT1, Mr. Oluwaseun Osiyemi with the Permanent Secretary, Mr Wale Musa, at the crushing of 1500 seized commercial motorcycles at the Lagos State Taskforce premises on Monday, 27th of November 2023.”
The state government banned the use of motorcycles in so parts of the state in 2022 and have since seized a number of motorcycles whose riders faulted the ban.