Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has announced the ban of commercial motorcyclists (Okada) in six local government areas of the state.
The governor made this known today, May 18 in a meeting with officers of the Nigeria Police Force where he prohibited the operation of Okada riders in Ikeja, Surulere, Eti-Osa, Lagos Mainland, Lagos Island and Apapa local government areas with effect from June 1st.
According to Sanwo-Olu, this is the first phase of the ban and these commercial motorcyclists are advised to seek an alternative means of earning a living before the 1st of June.
Watch the moment Sanwo-Olu made the declaration below:
The moment Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced the TOTAL BAN on Okada in some Local Governments in Lagos State, effective from June 1st 2022
The whole of IKEJA, SURULERE, ETI OSA, LAGOS MAINLAND, LAGOS ISLAND and APAPA Local Government Areas pic.twitter.com/0uClW5sJpl
— Naija (@Naija_PR) May 18, 2022
This is coming days after a group of commercial motorcyclists in Lekki, Lagos State beat and burnt a sound engineer to death over N100 balance.
