THE Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday, January 2, 2024, effected the arrest of an alleged Army officer who is an okada rider caught plying one-way along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway.
According to media reports, Sanwo-Olu’s Senior Special Assistant on Media, Wale Ajetunmobi, tweeted a viral video of the incident on X.
One of the offenders, a lance corporal in the Army who was arrested with his bike, was seen telling Sanwo-Olu that he is an Army officer.
“Can you imagine this one telling me that he is an Army officer? Well, that is the more reason you will be locked up,” the Governor replied.
Recall that the Lagos State Government had in June 2023 reiterated that the ban on commercial motorcycles, popularly called ‘okada’ in 10 Local Government Areas (LGAs) and 15 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the metropolis persists.
The areas include Kosofe, Oshodi-Isolo, Somolu, Mushin, Apapa, Ikeja and Lagos Island.
Other affected areas are Lagos Mainland, Surulere and Eti-Osa, as well as the Local Council Development Areas under them, which are Ojodu, Onigbongbo, Lagos Island East, Yaba and Coker Aguda.
Also included are Itire-Ikate, Eti-Osa West, Iru Victoria Island, Ikoyi-Obalende, Ikosi-Isheri, Agboyi-Ketu, Isolo, Ejigbo, Bariga and Odi-Olowo.
