Tag: Okada Rider
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Okada rider beat, burn man to death over N100 Balance
A young man, simply identified as David, has been lynched and burned to death over an altercation with a commercial motorcyclist, popularly called Okada rider, over N100 balance. He was killed allegedly by a group of Hausa men over a misunderstanding that ensued between the deceased and Okada rider, in Lekki Phase 1
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Pandemonium in Ogun as truck driver crushes okada rider, passenger to death
Two persons were crushed to death by a truck on Friday evening along Dangote- Ibeshe road in Yewa North Local Government area of Ogun. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Spokesman, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), confirmed the incident to the in Abeokuta on Saturday. Akinbiyi, quoting eyewitnesses, said the truck driver drove recklessly, left his…
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Amotekun shoots okada rider dead in Ibadan
A stray bullet from an officer of the Oyo State Security Network Agency, Amotekun Corps, has killed a commercial motorcycle rider (Okada) in Ibadan. The incident occurred on Wednesday. It was gathered that operatives of the security outfit were on patrol around Mokola area of Ibadan at 11p.m. when a gun shot was heard allegedly…
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Ondo Governor, Akeredolu speaks on convoy crushing okada rider
Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has denied that his convoy crushed an Okada rider identified as Jimoh Aladeniyi. A statement by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr. Donald Ojogo, described the news trending on the social media as false. Some reports in the social media had accused Governor Akeredolu of abandoning an accident victim…
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Gov. Umahi orders arrest of policeman over alleged killing of Okada rider
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has ordered the immediate arrest of the policeman attached to the Anti Kidnap Squad (AK) of the Police Command in the state, who allegedly killed a commercial motorcycle operator, popularly known as Okada in Abakaliki. Umahi, who spoke through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Emmanuel Uzor on Thursday in Abakaliki,…
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Okada rider docked for stealing N1,500 ear piece
A commercial motorcyclist, Rasak Jimoh, 30, was on Thursday arraigned before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing ear piece valued N1,500. The accused, a resident of No. 8, Akerele St., Ikeja, Lagos, is facing a four-count charge bordering on conspiracy and stealing. The Prosecutor, Sgt. Yomi Egunjobi told the court that the accused…