Nigerians React As Kosofe LGA Chairman Orders Arrest Of Tricycle Rider For Turning Reconstructed Road Into Mechanic Workshop Video

A video of Moyo Ogunlewe, Executive Chairman of Kosofe Local Government Area, ordering the arrest of a tricycle rider has sparked reactions on social media. The arrest came after the rider allegedly converted a newly reconstructed road into a makeshift mechanic workshop and dumping ground.

Ogunlewe, visibly frustrated in the video, stated that the same people who complain that “Lagos is smelling” are the ones contributing to the mess. He condemned the misuse of the road, saying it’s painful to see such infrastructure reduced to a mechanic hub and storage for abandoned vehicles.

“‘Lagos is smelling,’ ‘Kosofe roads are substandard’—well, here’s a scapegoat,” Ogunlewe said in the video, as he justified his action.

The incident has since generated mixed reactions online, with many weighing in on the chairman’s approach and the state of urban discipline in Lagos.