The Lagos State government is perfecting plans to prosecute the owner and driver of the ill-fated fuel tanker which exploded last Thursday on Otedola Bridge, inward Ojodu Berger, along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Imohimi Edgal, the state’s Commissioner of Police, said on Monday.
Already, Adeniji Kazeem, the state’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, had at the weekend written to Edgal to advise him on the relevant provisions of the law that could guide the ongoing investigation, which would lead to possible prosecution.
Edgal confirmed receipt of the letter while briefing newsmen after Monday’s Security Council meeting chaired by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode.
He said investigations into the incident were ongoing, saying that government would not allow vehicles that pose serious danger to residents on the road.
The police chief, who was with heads of other security agencies in the state, commiserated with those who lost their loved ones to the tragic incident while commending emergency responders whose quick action, kept the causality figure low.
“As regards investigation into the matter, it is in top gear. I have just received a letter from the office of the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice which stated very clearly charges which we are going to prefer against the driver and the owner of that tanker.
“Henceforth, we are using this opportunity to call on all tanker drivers, all lorry drivers, all owners of such articulated vehicles to please submit those vehicles for Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO) test; they must go through the entire hub and get the Ministry of Transportation (MOT) Certificate of Road Worthiness.
“We will not allow such vehicles which obviously pose serious danger to other road users on our roads,” Edgal said.
