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BREAKING: Sanwo-Olu Announces Total Ban On Okada

Zackius Adeoye by Zackius Adeoye
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BREAKING: Sanwo-Olu Announces Total Ban On Okada

L-R: Lagos Commissioner for Information & Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso; Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat; Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Lagos Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr. Abiodun Alabi and Chief of Staff to the Governor, Mr. Tayo Ayinde, during a security meeting with the Lagos CP, Area Commanders & Divisional Police Officers at Lagos House, Ikeja, on Wednesday, May 18, 2022.

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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has announced a total ban on motorcycles otherwise known as okada in some Local Government Areas of the state.

Newsbreak.ng reports that Sanwo-Olu gave this order on Wednesday while speaking with all Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) and Area Commanders across the State at the Lagos House, Ikeja.

The ban is to take effect from June 1, 2022.

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The affected areas include Ikeja, Surulere, Eti Osa, Lagos Mainland, Lagos Island and Apapa.

Sanwo-Olu said: “After a critical review of our restriction on Okada activities in the first six Local Government Areas where we restricted them on February 1, 2020, we have seen that the menace has not abated. We are now directing a total ban on Okada activities across the highways and bridges within these six Local Government and their Local Council Development Areas, effective from June 1, 2022.

“This is a phased ban we are embarking on this period, and we expect that within the short while when this ban will be enforced, Okada riders in other places where their activities are yet to be banned can find something else to do. We have given the notice now and we expect all commercial motorcycles plying the routes in the listed councils and areas to vacate the highways before enforcement begins. The enforcement will be total.”

Sanwo-Olu advised residents patronising Okada riders on highways to embrace the alternative transport schemes already provided by the Government to plan their journey. He said the Government had provided Last Mile Buses, medium-capacity and high-capacity buses in the affected areas for the convenience of commuters.

The Governor insisted that Okada riding on the highways remained unsafe and would no longer be tolerated. He said the State Government had been ramping up construction work on its two rail line projects to further increase the choices of commuting for residents.

He said: “We have provided Last Mile buses in the affected areas; they are working and effective. We also have medium-capacity buses and high-capacity buses working in these areas. Before the end of the year, we are also bringing the rail along these corridors with their terminals. We have provided jetties as well to provide alternatives.

“We will not sit back and watch criminally-minded people use that mode of transportation (motorcycles) to perpetrate crimes and criminality in Lagos. Lives are being lost on a daily basis, preventable accidents are happening every day and the riders are not respecting any of our traffic laws. The situation has led to a complete breakdown of law and order. This ban has come to stay and we will not tolerate any weakness in enforcement.”

Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alabi, directed his men to ensure complete enforcement of the Governor’s order in the listed councils and areas.

 

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