Lagos Taskforce Impounds 355 Okadas, Says Okada Riders More Difficult To Arrest Than Armed Robbers

Lagos Taskforce Impounds 355 motorcycles (Okadas) during a five hours special operation across the State.

Says okada riders more difficult to arrest than armed robbers while highlighting the complexities involved in arresting them.

Agency stated that it came fully prepared for the operation leaving all seven trucks filled with confiscated okada.

The Lagos State Taskforce has revealed that arresting an okada rider is more difficult to arrest than an armed robber after impounding yet another 355 motorcycles (okadas) during a five hours special operation across the State.

While vowing to eradicate the menace of okada operators on banned routes, the Chairman of the Agency, CSP Shola Jejeloye, highlighted the complexities involved in effecting the arrest of an okada riders, which he said is more difficult than apprehending an armed robber.

His words :

“Arresting an okada rider is more difficult than arresting an armed robber because of the nature of these bikes. Once they sight us they can do and undo by maneuvering and riding against traffic, thereby endangering their lives, that of passengers and other road users”.

Jejeloye also disclosed that the operators of okada on highways in Lagos seem to be daring but they are no match for the will and might of the Taskforce.

He further stated that the Agency came fully prepared for the operation leaving all seven trucks filled with confiscated okada.

“Our success today is one of a kind as a result of the number of bikes seized in this axis. We had visited Alakija and Abule Ado weeks ago but we had to revisit here again and also included Trade Fair/Badagry Expressway this time to achieve this result, and also send a clear message to these intractable okada riders”, he said.

Assuring Lagosians that every part of the State where activities of Okada have been banned will be cleansed, he urged residents to stop patronising okada riders and make use of safer means of transportation befitting of a mega city like Lagos.

Jejeloye equally reminded Lagosians of the position of the law which finds both the rider and passenger culpable if caught riding on okada on the State Highways or areas where their activities have been completely banned.