It was gathered that, Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has placed a total ban on
commercial motorcycle (okada) operation in Ikeja area of Lagos, Nigeria.
As a result of the ban, okada
operation in Ikeja has been paralysed, except for the few brave ones who
dared to move as police are everywhere on the order of the Commissioner
of Police to arrest any rider found operating in major roads in Ikeja.Also, okada operation has been restricted to inner and remote streets in Ikeja.
Hundreds of motorcycles have been impounded by the police.
A
statement issued by the Office of the Police Public Relations Officer,
Lagos Police Command said the
state government and the police took the decision to ban okada because
of the high rate of robbery involving the use of okadas.
According
to the statement issued the okada unions in Ikeja, the police stated
that “due to increasing rate of criminality through the use of
motorcycles, popularly known as okada, the Lagos State Government in
collaboration with the Lagos State Police Command have decided to put a
total ban on okada within Ikeja axis.”
The statement said no okada
rider must be found in areas such as Oba Akran, Bank Anthony Way, Isaac
John, Opebi Link Bridge, Adekunle Fajuyi Way, Acme Road, Alausa,
Oregun, Simbiat Abiola Way and Kodeso Road with immediate effect.
So in case you find yourself stranded in these areas, I'll suggest you start trekking abi?
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