The Lagos State Government has reiterated its commitment to clearing out Okada cycles, from the city’s highways.
Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, said Keke Marwa are also not excluded from the state’s drive to ensure maximum sanity on its highways.
According to him, the law that bans Okada also bans Keke Marwa, saying Keke Marwa should not be found on highways, bridges, on major roads in Lagos.
In his words, major roads are quite clear, saying roads like Third Mainland Bridge, Ikorodu Road, and the one that leads to Airport Road, saying all of those places, they are not supposed to be found there.
The state government on Wednesday had announced restrictions on okada operations in six local government areas of the state.
But it is not the first time the activities of okada riders have been restricted in Lagos.
In January twenty-twenty, the government had proscribed the operations of okada and kekes.
But enforcement became lax due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Omotoso said, adding that recent increases in accident rates prompted the government to act again.
He said doctors are complaining that more persons are coming in with okada emergency.
According to him, about forty-five percent of accidents in the first quarter were caused by okada, and most of the victims are between the ages of thirty to thirty-nine.
The latest ban on okada in the state comes after a sound engineer, David Umoh, was allegedly lynched to death by motorcycle riders in the Lekki area of the state over a fare dispute.