The Lagos State Government on Tuesday vowed to intensify the clampdown on commercial motorcycles plying restricted routes and disclosed that it had impounded 2,000 motorcycles okadas in the last two days. He said the government would not go back on the ban on okada riders from plying strategic routes in the state. On Tuesday, operatives of the Lagos State Task Force on Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences seized unspecified number of motorcycles on Freedom Road, Lekki. It was gathered that the okada riders resisted the operatives from impounding their motorcycles and exchanged gunshots with policemen on Monday. The okada riders were also seen vandalising vehicles parked by the front gate of the institution, while the security guards were forced to close the gate.

Source: Punch April 27, 2021 23:14 UTC