The Lagos State Vehicle Inspection Service has promised to concentrate its enforcement efforts on commercial yellow-branded buses in the state that are often referred to as “Danfo” and “Korope” buses and that are in violation of the Road Traffic Law 2021.
According to The Times, On Monday, February 19, 2024, during an appearance on Channels Television’s new breakfast program, The Morning Brief, VIS Chief Vehicle Inspection Officer Akin-George Fashola disclosed this.
Although all vehicles are covered by the Lagos state VIS’s jurisdiction, Fashola pointed out that the agency primarily focuses on business transporters.
Even though there are cars driven by private persons on the road, according to Fashola, the Service has enough technology in place to handle bad private owners.
In response to a question about the agency’s legal authority to detain one-way drivers, Fashola stated that, “in its capacity as a law enforcement organization, it accepts assignments involving priority traffic infraction crimes, such as detaining one-way defaulters, it’s an addition for us, not our main focus.”
Fashola added that on exclusive one-way roads, the state’s Ministry of Transportation places signs, but the signposts are stolen, causing careless drivers to break the law.
