Okada Ban: Lagos Inaugurates Anti-Okada Squad To Collaborate With Police

• Lagos inaugurates Okada ban squad
• … the commissioner reiterated that motorcycles impounded would be crushed in the public glare.

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Lagos State Government has established an Anti-Okada Squad to assist the police in enforcing the motorcycle prohibition on highways, key roads, and bridges in six Local Government Areas.

The restriction was in accordance with the Transport Sector Reform Law2, 2018, according to the Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde, in a statement released on Tuesday in Lagos.

The government, according to Oladeinde, is planning to tighten the prohibition on commercial motorbikes in the six LGAs and nine Local Council Development Areas.

The commissioner said at the inaugural ceremony, that the Special Anti-Okada Squad would be reporting to the police.

Oladeinde urged the citizenry to collaborate with the government.

“It is the responsibility of the public to report any nefarious activities of the squad to the Ministry of Transportation.

“The public can report through the following help/complaint lines: 09038208154, 09034810153, 09033090826, and 09169655855.

Such reports will help the government generate feedback on strategies for the protection of lives and property.

Individuals arrested ( riders and passengers) will be made to face the full wrath of the law in line with the provision of Section 46, sub-section 1, 2 & 3 of the Transport Sector Reform Law, 2018,” Oladeinde said.

The commissioner reiterated that motorcycles impounded would be crushed in the public glare.

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The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transportation, Mr. Kamar Olowoshago, also urged the Anti-Okada personnel to be diligent and honest in the discharge of their duties.

Also at the inauguration was the Commissioner for Housing, Fatai Akinderu, who later presented the completion of training certificates to members of the squad (NAN)

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