Commercial motorcyclists, colloquially called Okada, yesterday in Lugbe, attacked FCT Minister’s Taskforce Team with dangerous weapons.
According to thisdaylive.com, the attack at Lugbe Car Wash along the International Airport Road came after the taskforce team impounded over 100 Okada for various traffic offences, ranging from driving against traffic and driving on the express road.
But while the raid was ongoing some of the Okada riders mobilized and started shooting at the joint taskforce team and attacked them with different dangerous weapons.
The Senior Special Assistant on Monitoring, Inspection and Enforcement to the Minister of FCT, Ikharo Attah confirmed the incident.
He said that they carried out the Airport Road raid because the Okada riders were contravening traffic rules and driving against traffic on the expressway.
“We came for removal of Okada on Airport corridor. The Minister of FCT, Malam Muhammad Bello has given a matching order that Okada should be removed because they are not allowed to ply the main road but most times we find them indiscriminately driving against traffic at the express way, contravening traffic rules.
We find them behaving unruly, hurting people here so we came to remove them on the Airport Road,”
Items recovered from the attackers include one locally made gun, pistol, cutlasses and a dagger.
The Head of Directorate of Road Traffic Services, Adamu Shehu appealed to the motorcycle riders to desist from violation of traffic rules warning anytime they are caught their Okada will be impounded and crushed.
