Security

OYRTMA, NDLEA Collaborate to Tackle Drug Abuse

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Parents and guardians have been admonished to closely monitor their children and wards in order to curb the prevalence of drug abuse in society.

The Oyo State Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Mr Abdullahi Saeed, gave the admonition when he paid a courtesy visit to the chairman of the Oyo State Road Transport Management Agency, OYRTMA, Mr Akin Fagbemi in his office at the Agodi Secretariat, Ibadan.

Mr Abdullahi urged OYRTMA to always alert the NDLEA whenever it apprehends accident vehicles that conveyed unlawful drug consignment in order to checkmate drug peddlers in the society.

Responding, OYRTMA boss, Mr Akin Fagbemi promised that the agency would intensify efforts at ensuring that drug traffickers and other related vices are gotten rid of in the state.

Mr Fagbemi stated that the collaboration between the law enforcement agency and OYRTMA would bring about more positive developments in the state.

The OYRTMA boss was given an ambassadorial award for his support to the NDLEA in the fight against drug abuse.

Iyabo Adebisi

Lifestyle

Woman Slumps While Trying To Avoid OYRTMA

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A middle-aged woman reportedly slumped in her car this afternoon at the premises of the Nigerian Postal Service, NIPOST, Dugbe in Ibadan.

Eyewitnesses said the woman, whose identity remained unknown, had parked her car, a Corolla, by one of the shops bordering NIPOST to buy some goods.

Meanwhile, personnel of Oyo State Road Transport Management Agency, OYRTMA, were allegedly towing a vehicle parked in front of the woman’s car.

On being alerted, she ran to her car, then hurriedly drove off from the scene, and entered into NIPOST, where she slumped in her car.

They added that men of the Nigeria Police eventually came round to rush the woman to an unidentified hospital.

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Transportation

OYRTMA Warns Commercial Motorists against Illegal Parking

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The management of Oyo State Road Transport Management Agency (OYTRMA) has warned all commercial motorists to desist from using major roads as motor parks to avoid unnecessary loss of lives to accidents and incessant traffic gridlocks. 

The warning was issued as OYRTMA officers, led by the State Commander, Ayoade Adeoye, visited the Iwo Road interchange to rid the road of commercial vehicles using the roads as illegal parks.

Speaking with the leadership of the parks, Mr. Adeoye urged them to direct their commercial drivers to stick to their designated motor-parks as any vehicle apprehended for illegal parking would be made to face the full wrath of the law.

He said the intrastate drivers who did not have designated motor parks should approach the agency to look into the matter.

Traders within the Iwo Road interchange were also asked to relocate their goods to the appropriate market area for their safety.

Iyabo Adebisi