LASG Inaugurates Anti-Okada Squad To Work With Police To Enforce Okada Ban

Lagos State Government (LASG) inaugurates anti-Okada squad to help enforce commercial motorcycles ban.

The Squad will join the Police to enforce the ban in all affected areas and on all highways, major roads and bridges in the state.

LASG warned that riders and passengers arrested will be made to face the full wrath of the law.

It reiterated that commercial motorcycles (Okada) impounded will be crushed in a public space.

It urged the citizenry to collaborate with the State Government to combat the Okada menace across the State.

The Lagos State Government has inaugurated an anti-Okada squad to enforce the ban on commercial motorcycles in six Local Governments and nine Local Council Development Areas.

The team will join the Police to enforce the ban in all affected areas and on all highways, major roads and bridges in the state in line with the Transport Sector Reform Law (TSRL) 2018.

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Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, the Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde, said the Special anti-Okada Squad will report to the Police. He urged the citizenry to collaborate with the State Government to combat the Okada menace across the State.

The Commissioner, however, stressed that it is the responsibility of the public to report any nefarious activities of the squad to the Ministry of Transportation or through the help/complaint lines: 09038208154, 09034810153, 09033090826 and 09169655855.

Oladeinde added that such reports will help the government generate feedback to fine-tune strategies for the protection of lives and property.

While reiterating that motorcycles impounded will be crushed in a public space, he warned that riders and passengers arrested will be made to face the full wrath of the law in accordance with the provision of Section 46, sub-section 1, 2 & 3 of the Transport Sector Reform Law (TSRL), 2018.

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