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LYNCHING OF ENGINEER IN LEKKI: TASK FORCE ARRESTS 10 OKADA RIDERS, IMPOUNDS 123 BIKES

  

Lekki jungle justice: Taskforce arrests 10 okada riders, impound 123 bikes in Lekki

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Some of the seized okadas

The Lagos State Taskforce on Monday raided Lekki area of Lagos, arrested 10 okada riders and impounded 123 bikes following the killing of a Sound Engineer, David Imoh.

Irate okada riders had engaged in jungle justice by burning Imoh to death and were about to set another ablaze when the police intervened.

Officials of the Taskforce, led by the Chairman, CSP Shola Jejeloye stormed the area on Monday morning to clampdown on okada riders.

The operation, which lasted for about four hours began in the early hours of today, leaving 10 okada operators arrested and also led to the seizure of 123 bikes plying the Lekki-Epe Expressway, Lekki Phase 1 axis, Admiralty way and its environs for operating on restricted routes and constituting nuisance in the State.

Speaking on the exercise, Jejeloye stressed that the agency had carried out series of raids and seizures along the Lekki axis in the past but that unfortunately, the operators of commercial motorcycles had refused to turn over a new leaf, thus causing mayhem in the State with the resultant effect worrisome.

Jejeloye further stated that the agency had been to this area severally to make arrests and seize some of the bikes plying one-way and restricted routes, but “unfortunately these Okada operators are found back on the same roads the following week. Some even put up resistance when apprehended because they see nothing wrong in what they are doing.

The murder of Mr David by the suspected okada men is a painful and tragic incident, hence the need to intensify our activities in the axis and in the State to ensure that the menace of Okada is brought to a complete halt and also prevent a re-occurrence of such an inhumane and barbaric act,” he said.


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