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Lagos State Bans Okada

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Lagos State Bans Okada

Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos state has banned the operation of commercial motorcycles popularly called Okada, in six Local Governments Areas of the state.
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The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu gave the order on Wednesday at a meeting with all Divisional Police Officers and Area Commanders across the state at the Lagos House, Ikeja.

He said that the ban is “indefinite and total”.

The six local governments listed by the governor are Ikeja, Surulere, Eti-Osa, Lagos Mainland, Lagos Island, and Apapa.

He said, “The whole of Ikeja, Surulere, Eti-Osa, Lagos Mainland, Lagos Island, and Apapa local governments have been placed on a total ban effective from the first of June. This is the first phase of banning that we are going to be embarking on, so that others should know… They should find something else to do.

We are giving notice now, they should begin to plan their strategies. From June 1, we want all these Okadas to be completely off Lagos major roads.”

The governor asked the Lagos Police Command and other security agencies to enforce the ban.

This ban is coming a few days after Nigerians demanded justice for a sound engineer, identified simply as David, who was allegedly beaten and set ablaze by suspected motorcyclists in the Admiralty area of Lekki, Lagos State.

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