Lagos State Task force has raided Ajah axis and its environs and impounded 82 Commercial motorcycles popularly known as okada for operating on the Lekki-Epe Expressway.
The operation was led by the Chairman of the Agency, Shola Jejeloye, who disclosed that it was necessary to remind the operators of the government’s stance against illegal operations across all highways and bridges in the state had not shifted.
He further said the Agency acted based on credible intelligence, which indicated that okada operators had resumed operations along that axis.
He said: “Okada operations across all highways and bridges in the state are forbidden up till this very day, therefore, anyone caught operating on these routes is committing an offence. We have heard of pockets of activities taking place across selected areas but we assure them that their motorcycles will be impounded and crushed once the verdict has been given by the court.”
Jejeloye added that some okada operators who were quizzed on why they returned to the highway, hinted that they got the go ahead from some unscrupulous elements in the street who gave them the assurance that they could carry on with their actions as long as they pay a certain daily levy to them.
He warned miscreants who are fond of attacking Task force operatives carrying out their legal assignments, stressing that an operative of the Agency was seriously injured while in transit from an operation along Mile 2 axis.
He disclosed that the official is in stable condition and vowed to apprehend anyone caught in the act of violence towards any Task force official carrying out his legitimate duty.
