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Pandemonium broke out, yesterday, at Second Rainbow in Amuwo Odofin Local government area, along the Oshodi-Apapa expressway, as commercial motorcyclists, popularly known as Okada, violently protested the seizure of their bikes by the Lagos State Task Force. Trouble started when Lagos Task Force officials impounded commercial motorcycles. However, they met with
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According to eyewitness reports, there is an ongoing clash between operatives of the Lagos State Task Force and Okada riders in Mile 2, Lagos. There is a total breakdown of law & order around Festac, Amuwo Odofin, Coker to Mile 2 axis of Apapa / Oshodi Expressway. As the clash between the
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Men of the Nigerian Police Force in Odogunyan Ikorodu have been reportedly harassing and extorting okada riders in the vicinity for what they describe as flouting the Lagos State government's ban on motorcycles. Reports emanating from social media relayed that the Okada riders have been plying other routes not earmarked by
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A yet to be identified Okada rider has been battered and bruised in an unfortunate accident he sustained while being harassed by policemen in the Orilowo Ejigbo area of Lagos State. The video made rounds showing the battered body of the Okada rider in a pool of blood after being stitched
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A businessman, Usman Yamah, has been killed by a group of motorcyclists in the Elepe area of the Ikorodu North Local Government Area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the motorcyclists, acted in reprisal and allegedly killed Yamah for using his vehicle to hit a partially sighted man around the
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The Lagos State Government has warned commercial motorcyclists, popularly called Okada riders operating illegally as dispatchers despite the existing ban on their activities in the state. The warning was contained in a statement released by the government on Wednesday via its Facebook page. According to the statement, the Commissioner for Transportation, Frederic Oladeinde, made
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The operatives of Lagos task force yesterday August 26, 2016 impounded about 93 okadas and keke marwa (tricycles) around Rainbow bus stop, Mile 2. The okada and tricycle riders were said to ply restricted routes.
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The Lagos task force raided Agric bus-stop Ikorodu yesterday and impounded several okadas. They also arrested some hoodlums who tried to attack them during the raid.
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