Police alleges motorcyclists behind attack on BRT bus in Lagos

The Lagos State Police Command has said suspected motorcyclists were behind Wednesday’s attack on the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) vehicle in the Orile area of the state.

The command’s spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this to journalists on Friday in Lagos.

He said the incident was not a case of armed robbery, but a reaction by suspected motorcyclists to the seizure of their motorcycles.

He said the Lagos State Taskforce on Environment and Special Offences, Enforcement Unit had raided commercial motorcyclists plying the BRT lanes and other prohibited roads and seized some motorcycles.

The spokesman alleged that some of the motorcyclists were those who resisted the police because of their positions but were arrested during the raid.

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Hundeyin said: “Some of these motorcyclists got angry and mobilised themselves to protest and the nearest Lagos State Government facility they saw around was the BRT coming.

“They forced the driver to stop and attacked the bus. The driver was not bold enough to drive through them, he waited and ran out of the bus, while the riders vandalised the windows of the BRT.

“There are claims that some people were robbed in the bus, nobody has come forward to the police to report that.”

The task force on Tuesday impounded 164 motorcycles on the state’s highways.

The motorcycles, according to the task force, contravened the Lagos State Road Transport Sector Reform Laws of 2018 which prohibits motorcyclists from using all highways in the state.

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