By Oluyemi Ogunseyin 23 December 2023 | 9:56 am The Lagos State Government on Saturday said it will start prosecuting truck drivers for destroying restriction barriers. The government said it will take this step following several warnings urging truck drivers to be mindful of the height restriction barriers (truck barriers) for articulated vehicles installed at Stadium, Ojuelegba and Dorman Long Bridges. Lagos Commissioner for… Trucks parked on the road side waiting to get access into Tincan port in Apapa, Lagos, on January 11, 2021. – At the beginning of 2020, just before the coronavirus crisis, 99% of exports and more than 89% of imports passed through the seas, almost exclusively via Lagos. PIX by Benson Ibeabuchi / AFP) The Lagos State Government on Saturday said it will start prosecuting truck drivers for destroying restriction barriers. The government said it will take this step following several warnings urging truck drivers to be mindful of the height restriction barriers (truck barriers) for articulated vehicles installed at Stadium, Ojuelegba and Dorman Long Bridges. Lagos Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi in a statement said the barriers which were mounted to forestall incessant articulated vehicle accidents which have claimed lives and properties in the state were often wantonly destroyed by some truck drivers with ignominy immediately after they are installed. Osiyemi added that this leaves the government with no other choice than prosecution. “The Lagos State Government has resolved to commence prosecution of the drivers found culpable,” he said. Osiyemi further explained that this unruly behaviour of the truck drivers poses a severe threat to the safety of all road users and the general public hence it will no longer be tolerated in the state. 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