The joint task force team of the federal capital territory administration (FCTA) has impounded and crushed 400 commercial motorcycles for operating illegally in Abuja. The motorcycles were reportedly impounded at
The joint task force team of the federal capital territory administration has impounded and crushed 400 commercial motorcycles for operating illegally in Abuja.Speaking with journalists on Thursday, Abdulateef Bello, director of FCT directorate of road traffic services , said the operation was part of the ongoing efforts to take commercial motorcycles and tricycle operators off Abuja roads.
He said the action was in line with the matching order given by Nyesom Wike, FCT minister, to ensure sanity on Abuja roads.Bello said the DRTS has been working hard to enforce the ban on commercial motorcycles and tricycle operations within the Abuja metropolis, noting that the operators keep returning to the roads.
Garba Haruna, the FCT commissioner of police, said the exercise was a sign that the ban on the operation of commercial motorcycles in the city is still in force. “FCT residents are aware that commercial motorcycles have been banned from entering the federal capital city since 2006,” NAN quoted Haruna as saying.“We decided to crush the impounded ones today to indicate that the city centre is not an area for them to operate.
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