Tag: okada riders
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![[Video]One killed, several injured as police, okada riders clash in Lagos](https://thenewsguru.ng/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/police-itire-okada-riders.jpg)
[Video]One killed, several injured as police, okada riders clash in Lagos
One person yet-to-be-identified was reportedly killed while while several others were injured on Saturday during a clash between commercial motorcyclists (okada riders) and policemen at the Itire area of Lagos. It was learnt that some policemen from the Itire division seized motorcycles from two riders said to be Hausa around 8am and took the bikes…
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![Pandemonium as commercial motorcycle riders, task force officials clash again in Lagos[VIDEO]](https://thenewsguru.ng/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/expppp.png)
Pandemonium as commercial motorcycle riders, task force officials clash again in Lagos[VIDEO]
There was palpable pandemonium on Wednesday at Ikeja Along, Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, Lagos, as officials of the Lagos State Task Force and commercial motorcycle riders known as Okada riders clashed during a raid by the agency. According to eyewitnesses, chaos started after the Okada riders resisted the task force officials from confiscating their motorcycles. In a…
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![BREAKING: Teargas, stones rent the air as okada riders clash with Lagos Task Force officials [VIDEO]](https://thenewsguru.ng/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Okada-task-force.jpg)
BREAKING: Teargas, stones rent the air as okada riders clash with Lagos Task Force officials [VIDEO]
There was pandemonium at the Cele-Express to Mile 2 axis of the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway on Tuesday morning after commercial motorcycle riders (popularly called Okada) clashed with officials of the Lagos State Task force. Eyewitness accounts told TNG team that trouble started when officials of the Lagos State Task Force stormed the express to clear articulated…
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![[TNG Special Report] Ban: Okada riders devise new ways to operate in restricted areas](https://thenewsguru.ng/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Okada-Kebbi.jpg)
[TNG Special Report] Ban: Okada riders devise new ways to operate in restricted areas
Barely four weeks after the ban placed on operations of motorcycles (Okada) and tricycles (Maruwa) by the Lagos State Government in some parts of the state became effective, the indignant riders are beginning to device new ways to operate while trying as much as possible to escape the prying eyes of the task force team…
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Police raise alarm over influx of okada riders into Ekiti
The Ekiti State Police Command has raised the alarm over the massive intrusion of a large number of commercial motorcyclists fondly called Okada riders into the state. It was gathered that the motorcyclists are from Lagos State as a result of the restriction placed on their activities by the state government. The Ekiti State Commissioner…
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Okada riders leave Lagos, relocate en-masse to Abuja, other states
-Laments low patronage outside Lagos market Worried about the fate of their business in Lagos State, commercial motorcyclists popularly known as Okada riders are relocating to other states to keep their heads above water following the implementation of the ban on motorcycle and tricycle operations in major areas of Lagos. Recall that the state government…
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Angry okada riders set police van ablaze over death of colleague
Okada riders have set a police van ablaze at Ibeshe, in Ikorodu area of Lagos following the death of one of their colleagues, whom they suspected was killed by the police on Tuesday night. Thousands of okada riders were said to have mobilised on Wednesday and attempted to burn down the Ibeshe Police Post but…