Governor Warns on Illegal Parking Along Airport Roads

LAGOS State Governor, Babatunde Fashola pictured above has warned against indiscriminate parking of vehicles along the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Road, Ikeja, Lagos stating that such unauthorized act has aggravated congestion along the Agege /Oshodi link road from the airport.

Governor Fashola who gave this caution yesterday during an unscheduled visit to the link road in company of senior Nigeria Army, Nigeria Air Force, and Nigeria Police officers also bemoaned the practice where some of the motorists exhibit their cars along the road for sale.

He explained that it was wrong for anyone to take the law into their own hands by parking their cars along the road, even as he stating that the cars were blocking the road.

He also addressed police officers on the need to contribute their best to maintain law and other order in the state, explaining that it is wrong for anybody to apportion to himself any part of the road for business or as a car park which is not covered by the laws of the land.

Fashola in an interview urged the military personnel to do all they could to ensure that traffic along the Airport Road is maintained to avoid congestion, which usually led to loss of man hours, in the metropolis.

The governor urged them to within the next 24 hours remove the cars obstructing traffic along the road, even as he said that failure to remove the cars will force the state government to exploit the full weight of the law, as the state task force will tow the cars away.

Fashola, who was given a rousing welcome at the domestic police station, urged all to abide by the laws of the state such that the general security of the state will improve for the overall good of Lagosians.

In their response, the military officers promised to abide by the directive of the governor, even as they have already started removing the cars that were parked to block the access road.

Most of the military and police officers who spoke to reporters lauded the directive by Fashola, affirming that they have always expressed reservations why people will park cars along the road.

Meanwhile, there is anxiety that most of the cars along the road will be towed by the Lagos State Task Force on transportation, which is poised to ensure that there is seamless flow of traffic along the airport and its environs.

Credit: Anthony Omoh

30 June 2011