Aggrieved riders of motorcycles popularly called Okada plying Magodo area of Lagos State took to the Ojodu Berger road on Monday to engage some officers of the Lagos State Traffic and Management Authority in a fight after a raid by a combined team of policemen and LASTMA officers.

Our correspondent gathered that an Okada rider, said to be plying one of the restricted routes, was chased by the patrol teams.

An eyewitness said when they left after chasing other Okada riders away, others went on the rampage threatening to attack any LASTMA man in sight.

When our correspondent arrived at the scene of the incident, some of the protesting Okada riders were seen blocking the Roundabout at the end of the road with a traffic box.

They also beat two officers of the LASTMA controlling traffic on the road before they were rescued by passers-by and members of the Ojodu-Berger chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers.

Some of the motorcycle riders said they were not operating on any of the restricted routes in the state and could not understand why the police had continued to molest them.

The incident caused a gridlock before members of the Ojodu-Berger chapter of the NURTW mobilised themselves to control the traffic.

Chairman of the Ojodu-Berger Park of the NURTW, Mr. Tokunbo Seriki said the police were on a “sanitising” exercise across motor parks in the area.

He said it was after they finished checking the park that they decided to move to the Okada Park.

Seriki said, ‘‘I was told that a fight was about to break between the LASTMA officers and the Okada riders, so I quickly moved in with my officers. This axis is known for peace and we will not compromise the peace for anything. We will control the traffic till we are sure the officers are safe.”


http://www.punchng.com/news/okada-riders-beat-up-lastma-officers/

LASGIDI is gradually descending into a state of anarchy. What is happening?

This action only proves the Lagos State Government was right in banning them!

cool

Waiting for the chain reaction, lawless nation!

i hope the okada man stripped him naked too

Last time I read of police striping an okada man now okada man striping himself next okada man strips a police man. Naija la comprende *drinks a bowl of tea with groundnut*

Okija_juju:

Because out of the 9000 roads, only 452 are good roads..

Is this an attempt at humor? Certainly not funny

they say den don ban okada for 452 roads(which are d major link roads). Now to take a bike from Saka tinubu street in VI to mega plaza in Idowu Martins is now illegal because Okada is banned from Adeola odeku that links the two.
If u say they are allowed in streets, how will they get into the streets They av been indirectly banned from all roads!!!!

Is this the useless mega city dey are planning? A city riddled with agbero,street urchins,area boys etc.....which the ACN used to rig election in lagos...

geeez: Why are these guys so lawless?

You've been restricted from riding on only 452 out of over 9,000 roads. Why on earth is that hard a rule to stick with!?

I think government needs to get firmer

Did u read the whole post, they were being harrased on non-restricted roads by those touts in yello & wine coloured uniforms, apparently trying extract extra 'egunje' from those already angry bikers. So much so for a "Progressive punitive regime".

Abeg wetin the worry Una The tym Wey so Called Lastma De beat em Nko

dvdon: Last time I read of police striping an okada man now okada man striping himself next okada man strips a police man. Naija la comprende *drinks a bowl of tea with groundnut*

Ewu...ewu.....ewu Can-Beer

geeez: Why are these guys so lawless?

You've been restricted from riding on only 452 out of over 9,000 roads. Why on earth is that hard a rule to stick with!?

I think government needs to get firmer

so cos LASG tells u they got 9000 roads...u sef believe? where the 9000 roads na? na inside dem office e dey

govt firmer ko...farmer ni...expect more citizen disobedience if u dont tink of the citizens before comin out weit a policy

b bikers ar not finding things easy this period,hence d outburst nd fury.

9000 roads includes dat road from fashola's sitting-room to living room via kitchen bye-pass.
Dey should either make a special lane for them or enforce dem to obey traffic.
Now people r stranded @ d bus-stops , fuel scarcity not helpin d matters.
Until we start living above $1, but for now let dem be.

Okada guys r not smilling.

Fashola is the best governor..........ACN is the best party

sucess001:


so cos LASG tells u they got 9000 roads...u sef believe? where the 9000 roads na? na inside dem office e dey

govt firmer ko...farmer ni...expect more citizen disobedience if u dont tink of the citizens before comin out weit a policy

Lagos remains the only state I can drive around using my navigation system in Nigeria. Its simple because all the roads are mapped and can be counted easily. Even when you look at the navigation map, you can count hundreds of roads on a wide screen of an LGA. If Lagos tells you it's got a million roads you can't doubt it because they have it all mapped. My navigation map even seems to show that there are over 9,000 roads in Lagos.

luvinhubby:
Ewu...ewu.....ewu Can-Beer

Ewu....ewu....ewu pure water ara agbapkala gi Otile ashewo

its nt by force to drive okada. fashola is savin lifes

I pity all ds LASMA abi wetin b there name?.....in d nxt few weeks nw some of them wil b resigning forcefuly... Mr. Fash did nt plan ds tin well b4 implementing it.

ogochukwunasa1: its nt by force to drive okada. fashola is savin lifes

U better shutup there! What do u knw abt okada riding and okada men.

lastma people don see a lot. haba