POSITION OF LAGOS STATE TASK FORCE ON OKADA INCIDENT AT 2ND RAINBOW ALONG OSHODI-MILE 2 EXPRESS ROAD
Yes, the operatives of the Agency based of series of complaints from the public about activities of these Okada riders using their bikes to rob them of their valuables and plying restricted routes as well went out to the area for Enforcement.
After impounding about 74 Okada caught plying one-way and those operating on highway, Okada riders mobilised themselves and attacked officers of the Agency
They damaged beyond repair 2 of our vehicles with one of our truck.
A Paramilitary officer attached to the Agency (Ganiyu Mustspha) was wounded with broken bottles and Cutlass because he mistakenly ran into the mob.
Since the EndSARS protest every motorists including Okada riders operates with impunity thereby causing serious traffic gridlock across the State.
We had a stakeholders meeting with their Okada leaders and they made us to understand that all.those flagrantly disobeying the laws are not responsible to any associations in Lagos.
We must all join hands together to salvage the State from the hands of these notorious criminals who uses Okada to perpetuate evil to the public.
Adebayo Taofiq
Head, Public Affairs Unit,
Lagos State Task Force