March 28, 2024

March 28, 2024

Just In: Tension As Okada Riders, Police Clash In Lagos

Riders of commercial motorcycles popularly known as Okada and the police operatives were involved in a violent clash on Thursday in Lagos State.

 

Recall that the Okada riders and the police officers engaged each other in a ‘free for all’ at the Iyana-Iba area of the state, with many sustaining various degrees of injuries.

 

The Okada riders took to the street to protest the ban placed on the operation of motorcycles in six Local Government Areas by the Lagos State Government.

 

It was gathered that policemen from the Onireke police station, Ojo, impounded some motorcycles early Wednesday and took them to their station.

 

The motorcyclists reportedly mobilized themselves and stoned the police station in an attempt to release the impounded motorcycles and attacked the police station.

 

Policemen in the area shot sporadically into the air to disperse the motorcyclists who also attacked the policemen with stones and other weapons.

 

The riders then blocked roads leading to Ojo Cantonment and other areas to express their displeasure about the Okada ban.

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