Lady recounts how she ‘married’ a taxi driver to prevent his car from being impounded

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A lady has recounted how she played along with a taxi driver after VIO tried to impound his car on the road. The lady revealed that she boarded the cab and the officials of the VIO stopped them, asking for a particular ID card which proved that the man used his car for commercial purposes only and not for public transport.

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Nigerian lady. In an attempt to prevent his car from being impounded, the lady revealed that the man roped her in by telling them that she was his wife and the officials had asked them to prove it by locking lips. The lady smartly avoided the situation by stating that she’s not big on public displays of affection. Following this, the man informed them that she’s pregnant with his child, meanwhile, he had already saved her number as ‘My Love’ and showed them the call he placed. EVventually, the man’s car was freed, and when the lady got home, she got a text from the man, saying that he’s grateful for how she played along. See her full narration below: “VIO stopped the cab I was in today and insisted he provide a particular ID card that proved he used his car for commercial purposes. Then he goes ahead and tells them that I’m his wife, they come to confirm from me at the back seat and ask me to come down and then ask us to kiss to prove that we are married.” “I lie and say that we are married but I don’t believe in kissing in public. He then tells them that I’m pregnant and he’s taking me to the hospital for an urgent procedure.” “They eventually impounded the car with me in it, while he was across the express begging them to release us. At some point during the begging he called me on the phone and said “baby, please come out of the car so they see you’re still around.” “During all this chaos, the driver had saved my contact as “my love” Thankfully they let us go after wasting our time for almost 30 minutes and he didn’t have to pay them off.” See the post below:

Lagos Government releases impounded vehicles

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The Lagos State Government has begun the release of impounded vehicles to their owners without the payment of fines.

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The state government said it decided to wave the fine attached to such seizures due to the cash crunch that has hit the nation following the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) Naira redesign policy. Lagos Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde, who confirmed this on Tuesday, March 7, said Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu had extended the palliative measures by ensuring that vehicles impounded for minor traffic offenses were returned to their owners with the fines waived.

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He said; “When you look at what the governor proposed, especially during the cash crunch period, we have reduced public transport fare by 50%. So when you go on our BRTs and all the Lagos state funded public transport, including Lag Ride, we have reduced the fare by 50% just to alleviate the suffering of our people. Apart from that, moving away from transport, we have opened up food banks in certain areas. So we’re beginning to give out palliative just to ensure that people get through this cash crunch period. We’re happy that APC has won at the national level. And we are beginning to see some of these policies being reversed. So we’re hoping that in a short time, life would return back to normal but in terms of public transport, I think we’ve reduced fare by 50%. There are some people that committed offences during that period and we understand the fact that money wasn’t easy to come by. Looking at the governor’s magnanimity, the governor has deemed it fit to ensure that people who committed crimes within that period and wanted to pay or couldn’t pay as a result of the shortage of cash, they should come and pick up their cars and he has waved the fines. Mind you, that does not include major crimes committed. These are just minor traffic offences that have been committed in Lagos and this is showing empathy and trying to understand that look, we understand how difficult it has been and it is not a reason for us to stop you from making ends meet and so hence the governor’s magnanimity. All those who have committed crime within that period should come and pick up”