The operatives of the Special Taskforce on Environmental Sanitation and Special Offenses on Friday intercepted a truck loaded with 123 persons and 48 motorcycles coming from Jigawa State.
The interception came consequent upon the security concern raised by members of the public about the conduct of the occupants of the truck.
Making this known, the Chairman of the Taskforce, Yinka Egbeyemi, explained that the truck was intercepted in the wee hours on Friday, after a security alert from the public.
According to Egbeyemi: “While my team was on operation, we got information from the public that some people had entered into Lagos in trailer loaded with over 300 people.
“We swiftly responded to the alert and trailed the truck from Berger area to Agege.
“We eventually intercepted the truck which carried no few than 123 men and 48 motorcycles.
“We have interrogated most of the truck’s occupants; from the information we gathered, some of them said they were coming from Jigawa State, with 48 of them claiming to own seized motorcycles.
“The rest of them said they came to Lagos in search of greener pasture.”
