Okada Riders Aid Crime In Lagos.
Lagos state Police Command is convinced beyond reasonable doubts that most motorcycle operators popularly known as Okada, perpetrate or aid criminal activities in the state.
The Command made this known while on the recent joint military onslaught on defiant Okada riders who failed to obey the new edict of the state, banning commercial motorcyclists from operating at night between 8pm – 6am on Lagos island and 10pm – 6am on Lagos mainland.
New Deputy Commissioner of Police (operations), Babatunde Sobulo said the exercise was yielding positive results as hundreds of riders were arrested and over many motor cycles impounded.
Sobulo revealed that the joint patrol by the Police, Army, Navy, Air force and the State Security Service has become a routine with the service chiefs in the state personally directing the all-night security surveillance to battle the hoodlums in the state to stand still.
Involved in the “sweep Lagos clean of crime” battle are: the state Commissioner of police,Yakubu Alkali, Director of State Security Service Lagos, Achu Ben Olayi, the Commandling officer, NNS Beecroft Naval Base, Apapa, Navy Commodore Jonathan Ango, Commander, 9 Brigade, Ikeja Cantonment, Brigadier – General Sanusi Nasiru Muazu and Air Force Commander, 435BSG Ikeja Base, Group Captain Ayo Said Abdulsalam.
Sobulo who declared that police officers and men would not rest on their oars in the battle against those who are bent on perpetrating crime in the state, advised motorists to comply with the new stop and search rule in the state.
He said the law against the Okada riders does not exclude military and Para-military personnel, stressing that anybody who breaks the law would surely face the music.
Sobulo, former commander, Rapid Response Squad Lagos, Mopol 20 Lagos, and operation Fire For Fire was recently redeployed to Lagos.
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