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Enforcement Of Okada Ban Will Be Total – Lagos Police Command

Nigeria Police Force

The Lagos State Police Command has come out to say that enforcement of the ban on motorcycles in some Local Government Areas of the state will be total. This was contained in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, and Nigerians have been reacting. According to him, ...

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Sanwo-Olu Does Not Hate Okada Riders, Tricycles Operators – Mudashiru Obasa

Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu

The Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr. Mudashiru Obasa has said the restriction and ban placed on okadas and tricycles in major highways was a decision that had to be made for the safety of Lagosians. Mudashiru revealed this at a meeting he held with the Associations of Motorcycles ...

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We Won’t Allow Okadas To Continue Aiding Insecurity In The State – Lagos Govt

Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu

The Lagos state government has insisted that the recent ban on commercial motorcycles (Okada) and tricycles (Keke) in congested roads in the state will not be reversed. Operations of the okada men have been limited in 6 local governments, and state government officials have revealed that they cannot understand what ...

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Okada Riders In Lagos Migrating To Ogun State Are Not Welcome – Dapo Abiodun

Dapo Abiodun

Ogun State government has warned Okada riders who are migrating to the state after their operations were restricted in Lagos to have a rethink. In a recent statement by Remmy Hazzan, the Special Adviser on Public Communications to Governor Dapo Abiodun, he revealed that any Okada rider that is planning ...

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Sanwo-Olu Banned Okada, Keke To Help Lagosians – Rotimi Amaechi

Rotimi Amaechi

Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has come out to say that he fully understands why Babajide Sanwo-Olu banned commercial motorcycles in his state. Rotimi, who governed oil-rich Rivers from 2007 to 2015 said he battled an identical issue when he was governor. According to him, at some point, okadas, especially, ...

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Motorists Should Avoid Overloading Despite Okada/Keke Ban – FRSC

Federal Road Safety Corps

Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun and Lagos State has urged motorists to not overload because of the ban and restriction of commercial motorcycle (Okada) and Tricycle (Keke) in Lagos. The Zonal Commanding Officer, Mr. Samuel Obayemi, gave this warning with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos ...

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Baby Falls off mum’s back on Okada, crushed by truck

A heavy duty truck, conveying crates of soft drinks, yesterday, at the Okorodafe Roundabout in Ughelli, Delta State, crushed a four-month-old baby girl, who had fallen off the back of her mother travelling on a commercial motorcycle, popularly known as Okada. According to witnesses, the mother of the baby, who ...

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Okada Rider knocks out pregnant woman for grabbing his balls

A seven- month pregnant woman was beaten to coma along the Lagos-Badagry expressway, near Oluti bus stop, Lagos by a commercial motorcyclist on Monday. An eyewitness who spoke to Leadership newspaper, Mama Bola, disclosed that the pregnant woman, Feyisara, had paid the unknown rider a stipulated amount of money to ...

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Trailer kills Okada man and his female passenger

A terrible accident occurred today around 5pm at Ijoju, Sango Ota, that left two people dead. A trailer used in conveying sharp sand crushed an Okada man and his female passenger while they were trying to cross the road. The bodies were left there for a bit before it was ...

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Naked Guy Blocks Lekki Phase1 Gate To Protest Seized Okada

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Okada Rider Beaten And Stripped Naked By Policemen

According To An Eye Witness , the naked man in the picture is an Okada man who violated the new Lagos state traffic law. He was arrested at the junction adjoining University road and St Finbarrs college road Akoka by policemen in mufti, and before anyone could say anything, the ...

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