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The Lagos state authorities have condemned the attack on buses operating under the Bus Rapid Transport scheme by hoodlums in Maryland.
Several BRT buses were on Wednesday vandalized by hoodlums after a hawker was reportedly killed by one of the buses as she was fleeing from Kick Against Indiscipline, KAI, officers.
Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde, however stated that the hawker was hit by a truck belonging to a soft drink company and not a BRT bus.
“It wasn’t any of our buses that killed him (hawker); it was a soft drink company truck that unfortunately crushed the boy while he was trying to escape from KAI officers who were on patrol trying to rid the street of street hawkers and traders,” Ayorinde said.
“But hoodlums now took advantage of that to start destroying government assets, including several of the brand new BRT buses.”
A team from the Rapid Response Squad had to intervene to quell the riotous scene. The corpse of the boy was later taken to the morgue at the General Hospital, Ikeja.
At least three hoodlums alleged to have been part of the mob that destroyed the BRT buses have been arrested.
Ayorinde continued: “The Lagos State Government would like to use this opportunity to further reiterate that it would not relent in ridding the state of illegality, street trading and hawking."
“Street traders are hereby urged to desist from this illegal activity because the government will not be blackmailed and would do that which is necessary.
“And for the miscreants and hoodlums, the Lagos State Government and the Police Command would not allow any act of civil disobedience and those arrested would be dealt with in accordance with the law and further arrests would be made as investigation continues,” he said.
Several BRT buses were on Wednesday vandalized by hoodlums after a hawker was reportedly killed by one of the buses as she was fleeing from Kick Against Indiscipline, KAI, officers.
Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde, however stated that the hawker was hit by a truck belonging to a soft drink company and not a BRT bus.
“It wasn’t any of our buses that killed him (hawker); it was a soft drink company truck that unfortunately crushed the boy while he was trying to escape from KAI officers who were on patrol trying to rid the street of street hawkers and traders,” Ayorinde said.
“But hoodlums now took advantage of that to start destroying government assets, including several of the brand new BRT buses.”
A team from the Rapid Response Squad had to intervene to quell the riotous scene. The corpse of the boy was later taken to the morgue at the General Hospital, Ikeja.
At least three hoodlums alleged to have been part of the mob that destroyed the BRT buses have been arrested.
Ayorinde continued: “The Lagos State Government would like to use this opportunity to further reiterate that it would not relent in ridding the state of illegality, street trading and hawking."
“Street traders are hereby urged to desist from this illegal activity because the government will not be blackmailed and would do that which is necessary.
“And for the miscreants and hoodlums, the Lagos State Government and the Police Command would not allow any act of civil disobedience and those arrested would be dealt with in accordance with the law and further arrests would be made as investigation continues,” he said.
