3 Killed As Police Declare War On Okada Riders.

3 Killed As Police Declare War On Okada Riders.

Three persons have been reported killed in Oko-Oba area of Lagos State southwest Nigeria as policemen declare war on Okada  riders.
Ptng learned the police especially those from Oko-Oba,Abule Egba and its environs have been using the restriction order placed on the Okada ridders to exploit them.
Investigation revealed the police used  their patrol van to chase the commercial motorcycle ridders  and in the process hit them and their passengers.
Investigations further revealed that those arrested were taken to the Oko-Oba police station where they were made to pay the sum of two thousand two hundred before they are released .
Some of the Okada ridders plying Fagba,Abule Egba,new Oko-Oba road confirmed the story saying that the sum of two thousand naira are paid at the counter while two hundred naira are usually collected at the exit of the police station.
This morning an Okada carrying a middle aged woman was knocked down by a police van on Charity road killing her instantly.
The Policemen inside the van were said to have fled the scene to avoid being mobbed by sympathisers.
Some of the sympatisers at the scene confirmed the story saying that it's the usual practise of the policemen from Oko-Oba and those from Red house police station via Iju Station area of Lagos State.