Okada Ban: Lagos Set To Crush Another 2,228 Motorcycles

The Lagos State Task Force is prepared to destroy another set of 2,228 seized commercial motorcycles popularly called Okada on Friday (today).

The Chairman of the taskforce, CSP Shola Jejeloye, made this known in a statement on Thursday.

The statement was signed by the Director, Press and Public Affairs, Gbadeyan Abdulraheem.

Abdulraheem quoted Jejeloye as saying that the agency will intensify its effort in ensuring that all impounded motorcycles are crushed after following the due process.

The statement read in part “Following the announcement of a total ban on operation of commercial motorcycles popularly known as Okada on all highways across six local government areas and nine local council development areas  of the state by the Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Sanwo-Olu, the Chairman of the Lagos State Taskforce, CSP Shola Jejeloye, has said that the agency will on Friday crush another set of 2,228 impounded motorcycles to further make the enforcement of the ban thorough and effective.

“The chairman stated that the laws are very clear for Okada operators to see that their actions are in complete violation of the Transport Reform Laws of the state.”

Jejeloye noted that although the compliance rate of the Okada operators is high and encouraging, they (operators) are still not to be trusted.