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Some motorcyclists attacked the officials of Lagos State Task Force on Environment who had tried to arrest them on the routes that had been designated a no-go area for commercial motorcycle operato...

Some motorcycles impounded by the Lagos State Task Force. File photo

The chairman of the Task Force, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, confirmed this on Sunday in a statement signed by the spokesman of the agency, Mr. Adebayo Taofiq.He said the officials were attacked while clamping down on motorcycle operators plying restricted routes around Oworonsoki, Adeniji Adele junction, Obalende, Falomo, Lekki Phase 1 and the Ikoyi link-bridge areas of the state.

“Thereafter, other motorcycle operators from nowhere started throwing stones, bottles and iron rods at my officers. Egbeyemi appealed to other relevant stakeholders to support the agency in curbing the ‘Okada menace,’ noting that it is now a rude shock seeing motorcycle operators now struggling for right of way with motorists.

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