Kwara police braces up for influx of displaced Okada riders from Lagos
Authorities of the Kwara State police command are bracing up to mitigate the effects of the likely influx of banned commercial Okada riders from Lagos State to Kwara State.
To this end, the State Police Command has summoned all Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) in the State to an emergency meeting to map out strategies to checkmate the likely consequences of the influx of the displaced Okada riders into the State.
The meeting is at the instance of the State Commissioner of Police, Tuesday Assayomo, and slated for next week Thursday, at the command Headquarters in Ilorin.
Spokesman of the State police command, Ajayi Okasanmi, informed DAILY POST that the scheduled meeting would provide the police authorities an opportunity to map out strategies with DPOs in the event of likely spillover effects of the ban on commercial Okada riders in Lagos.
Okasanmi said due to the contiguous nature of Kwara to Lagos, there might likely be an influx of people into the State as a result of the ban on Okada operation in some areas of Lagos State.
Recall that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday, announced the ban on the operation of commercial motorcycle riders in six Local Government Councils and nine Local Government Development Areas in the State, effective from June 1, 2022.
The affected councils include Eti-Osa, Ikeja, Surulere, Lagos Island, Lagos Mainland , Apapa, among others.
Okasanmi disclosed that while the displaced Okada riders would be allowed access into the State, in accordance with their constitutional rights, the police command would not condone nuisance and criminality from any of them.
“We are aware, and incidentally this is not the first time that the Lagos State government will be banning the operation of Okada in Lagos.
“We know that anything that happens in Lagos, Kwara State is almost the next port of call for all those people driven from there because we have almost the same developmental agenda in Lagos and Kwara.
“The Kwara State Police Command has actually put in place the strategy to curtail whatever excesses they may want to come and portend in the State. But the fact remains that there is freedom of movement as far as the nation's constitution is concerned. You are free to go anywhere and ply your trade so far you are law abiding,” he stated.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Young Progressives Party Omar Bolaji Gambari Florence Saraki Tanke Flyover Bridge Gaa Olobi Iliasu Arinola Fatimoh Lawal Shuaib Olarongbe Kamaldeen Ajibade Plat Technologies Limited Alagbado Al-Hikmah Radio Barakat Community Secondary School Woro Ojo Isekuse Bello Oyedepo Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa Mohammed Haruna Abdulrahman Abdulrazak Oko-Erin March 18 Ahman Pategi Aremu Odolaye April 11 Oja-Oba AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem Yoruba Otoge Ilorin Like-Minds Post Utme Muhammad Ghali Alaaya Reuben Paraje Saad Omo Iya Abdulraheem Olesin MATTA Girls Foundation Aliyu Muhammed Aliyu Umar Onikijipa Sarah Jubril Abubakar Imam Bursary Esinniobiwa Quareeb Jide Ashonibare PharmAccess Foundation Otuka Bello Oyebanji Hijaab Sidikat Uthman Ajibola Muslim Cementary Rafiu Ajakaye Usman Yunusa Kwara Apc Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla Oro Grammar School Hamza Usman Manzuma Fatimah Abdulkadir Tunde Yusuf MMWG Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners Mohammed Kamaludeen Funmilayo Oniwa Tunji Olawuyi Joseph Daudu Moronfoye Risikat Lawal Durosinlohun Atiku Rasaq Jimoh Ado Ibrahim AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi Olatunji Ayeni Kuliyan Geri Imodoye Writer’s Enclave Ganiyu Taofiq Elese Of Igbaja 2023 Elections Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon

