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BREAKING: Violent Clash Erupts In Lagos Between Police, Okada Riders Over Ban (Video)

 

There is tension in the Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos over an attempt by policemen to enforce the state government ban on the operation of commercial motorcycle operators also known as Okada riders.

Recall the state government on Wednesday issued a total ban on the activities of the Okada riders in six local government areas of the state over the killing of a sound engineer, David Imoh, at Lekki.

According to reports, trouble started when policemen from Onireke Police Station, Ojo impounded some commercial motorcycles for operating along the Mile 2 – Badagry expressway.
It gathered that the commercial motorcycle riders resisted, attempted to overrun the station and possibly set free some of their members who were arrested by the policemen.

According to Dailytrust, the riders set fire in the middle of the road, while the owners of vehicles abandoned them by the side of the road due to the chaos.

The crisis led to a stampede as pedestrians fled for fear of being caught up in the crossfire.

Moreso, the incident created heavy vehicular movement on both sides of the road.

While the policemen fired several shots into the air to disperse the commercial motorcycle operators, the riders themselves pelted the officers with stones, daring the policemen to come after them.

A yet to be ascertained number of persons sustained different wounds as they tried to run away from the trouble zone.

Presently, a combined team of anti-riot policemen and some soldiers have been deployed to return normalcy to the area.

 

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Oluwasegun Adesuyi

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