Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved total ban on the activities of commercial motorcyclists, popularly called Okada riders in additional four Local Government Areas and respective Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs), commencing from September, 1, 2022.
The state Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Fredric Oladeinde, and the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, announced the fresh ban at an inter-ministerial media briefing on Thursday, held at Alausa, Ikeja.
The latest affected councils include: Kosofe, Ikosi-Isheri, Oshodi-Isolo, Mushin, including the respective LCDAs in the areas.
On May 18, 2022, following several complaints over the growing menace and nuisance constituted by Okada riders, Governor Sanwo-Olu imposed a fresh ban on the operations in six Local Governments, LGs and nine Local Council Development Areas to curtail the unruly activities of the riders.
Sanwo-Olu had on May 10, 2021, reviewed the 2012 Lagos Traffic Law guiding the Okada operations, after his predecessors, Babatunde Fashola and Akinwunmi Ambode’s administrations had banned their activities.