There was pandemonium in Idi-Araba area of Lagos State on Thrusday after scores of commercial motorcyclists popularly called ‘Okada’ riders clashed with officials of Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit, also known as Task Force, who were on a routine enforcement of the state traffic rules.
The chaos, TheNewsGuru (TNG) gathered from a viral video that the chaos extended to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) after some hoodlums invaded the hospital which caused panic amongst occupants.
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In the course of the fracas, there were reports of heavy shootings as some of the angry Okada operators chased the patrol team and pelted them with stones.
There have been such similar clash in the past between the riders and task force officials in Amuwo-Odofin and Mile 2 areas of Lagos.