By Olasunkanmi Akoni
As part of precautionary measures against the spate of bomb explosions in the country, Governor Babtunde Fashola of Lagos State has directed relevant agencies to remove all abandoned, disused and wrongly parked vehicles, including those being worked upon on Lagos roads and inner streets, if owners of such vehicle fails to remove them.

It will be recalled that there had been threats by some faceless militant groups to extend killings of innocent citizens to Lagos through detonation of bombs as was done in some parts of the country in recent times.

Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Mr. Kayode Opeifa, who disclosed this, yesterday, said that such vehicles have not only become haven for criminals, but posse security risk. He urged owners of such vehicles to personally remove them or risked them being impounded.

According to Opeifa, henceforth any vehicle parked on the road or street for two days without been moved shall be towed and taken to the enforcement yard at owners risk.

He added that officials of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, the Abandoned and disused committee of the ministry of Transportation and the Environmental Sanitation Special Offences (Task Force) have been mandated to move from street to street to identify and removed such vehicles.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/01/bombings-fashola-orders-disused-vehicles-removal/

[size=14pt]Pre-emptive measures, some can lead, plan, and genuinely care! It's a shame that they will never get the top job![/size]