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Sanwo-Olu Bans Okada In 6 Lagos LGAs As Details Of David Umoh’s Death Emerge

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May 18, 2022.

Sylvester Ugwuanyi

Okada Riders Now Totally Banned In Ikeja Surulere Eti Osa Lagos Mainland Lagos Island Apapa LGAs

Okada Riders Now Totally Banned In Ikeja, Surulere, Eti Osa, Lagos Mainland, Lagos Island, Apapa LGAs
Lekki Residents Decry Activities Of Okada Riders In The Area

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has imposed a total ban on the operations of commercial motorcyclists, otherwise known as Okada, in some local government areas of the state with effect from June 1st 2022,

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 in Ikeja.

This order, which is coming few days after a sound engineer, David Umoh was lynched and burnt by irate commercial motorcycle operators at Admiralty Way, Lekki, Lagos, Lekki Phase 1, applies to the whole of Ikeja, Surulere, Eti Osa, Lagos Mainland, Lagos Island and Apapa Local Government Areas.

The Governor stated other security agencies will join in the enforcement of the ban, which according to him, is “indefinite and total”.

Meanwhile, more information has emerged into the gruesome murder of the 37-year-old sound engineer on Thursday. David was lynched and later burnt by some irate Okada riders in the Lekki area of the state. His two friends, Frank and Philip, were also allegedly beaten till they became unconscious, and were said to be receiving treatment in an undisclosed hospital.

The Chairman of the Lekki Residents Association (LERA), Yomi Idowu has now lamented that the activities of commercial motorcycle operators have been causing residents of the area sleepless nights for some time now. While shedding light into how David met untimely death, he told Vanguard, “After my visitation to Maroko Police Station, I got a clearer picture of what transpired on that fateful Thursday.

“Information at my disposal revealed that two people boarded a bike from Ikoyi roundabout with the agreement to pay N400 for the fares but on getting to their destination, they offered N300 and the bike man demanded his N100 balance but this led to an argument after which a scuffle ensued.

“Both passengers put a call across their friends who rushed to the scene and in the process, one of them (the late engineer) allegedly touched the bike man on his head and he (the bike man) fell on the floor probably pretending to be unconscious.

“The scene later attracted some Area Boys who on noticing that the bike rider was lying ‘unconscious’, descended on David beating and accusing him of ritual.

“Sensing danger, David was said to have fled the scene and hid somewhere but was fished out by a woman and the Area Boys descended on him again, beating him to a pulp and finally carried out a mob action on him before the arrival of Police.

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“So far, the Okada rider, the woman and some other suspects were arrested by the Police while the passengers were hospitalized due to the aftermath of the incident,’’ said the Chairman who called on Governor Sanwo-Olu to save Lekki community by sustaining the ongoing clamping down of commercial motorcycle operators in the area.

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