Officials of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit has impounded a bullion van and arrested its driver in Apapa, Lagos State for driving against traffic.
And the bullion van driver, Seun Odukoya, faces one year jail term without an option of fine as a first offender for flouting the new Lagos law while the bullion van will be forfeited to the state government.
The bullion van was arrested on Creek Road, Apapa while conveying money to a new generation bank in the area.
Officials of the warehouse had to come with another van to transfer the money from the impounded van to the new generation bank.
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The driver of the bullion van admitted that he drove against traffic on Creek Road and that he did it because the road was blocked.
And the officials of the warehouse that own the bullion van have been begging to get the van released but to no avail.
