Lagos CBD Boss, Oyerinde Condemns Attack on Personnel
By Oki Samson, Trek Africa Newspaper
One of the attacked CBD officer
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Central Business Districts, Mr. Olugbenga Olarenwaju Oyerinde has condemned the increasing spate of attacks on its enforcement officers by hoodlums and miscreants aiding motorists to drive against the flow of traffic within the Lagos Island Business District.
The Special Adviser condemn the act while reacting to the attack on enforcement officers enforcing the “No one-way traffic” rules of the Lagos State Government along the Idumota bridge to Iddo, Lagos Island by commercial bus drivers in connivance with Okada riders and hoodlums.
Another officer’s uniform torn
He said the enforcement officers on official duties were attacked with dangerous weapons, stones and broken bottles leading to various degree of injuries to members of the enforcement unit who sustained a deep cut on their heads.
While warning miscreant who attacks government officials on lawful duties, he said no amount of resistance and intimidation by miscreants parading as members of the National Union of Road Transporter Workers, “omo onile” and shop owners can make the State Government go back on its resolve to enforce traffic and environmental laws of the State.
Mr. Oyerinde who viewed an attack on any of its staff as an attack on the state said, the government views this in the most serious light and henceforth, will arrest and prosecute perpetrators of such acts in accordance with the laws of the State to serve as deterrent to other members of the public.
