Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge: No law backs tolling— court
Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge: No law backs tolling— court
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, held that there was no existing law in Lagos State, permitting the collection of toll on the newly constructed Lekki-Ikoyi Suspension Bridge in Lagos.Trial judge, Justice Saliu Saidu, in his judgment in the suit by rights activist and lawyer, Mr. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, said that the Lagos State Government could only make a law to that effect, before it could collect tolling on the Lekki-Ikoyi Bridge.
It will be recalled that the state government started tolling the bridge on May 29, 2013 and charges N300 per car.
LASG to appeal judgment
Meantime, the state government, yesterday, said it would appeal the judgment and sought for it to be stayed, arguing that no declarations were made by the court.
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