{"id":1786,"date":"2022-06-23T07:02:33","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T07:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/shops-closed-streets-deserted-as-lagos-task-force-okada-riders-clash-guardian-nigeria\/"},"modified":"2022-06-23T07:02:33","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T07:02:33","slug":"shops-closed-streets-deserted-as-lagos-task-force-okada-riders-clash-guardian-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/?p=1786","title":{"rendered":"Shops closed, streets deserted as Lagos task force, Okada riders clash &#8211; Guardian Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the deserted streets during Lagos Task Force clash with Okada riders in Idi-Araba.. yesterday PHOTO: ENIOLA DANIEL<br \/>The sound of gunshots rent the air yesterday, in Idi-Araba, Mushin, Lagos when commercial motorcyclists, popularly known as Okada riders clashed with officials of Lagos State Task Force over enforcement of the state\u2019s ban on their operations.<br \/>The tear gas shots and sound of gunshots forced many shop owners to close as early as 1:30 p.m. while residents scampered to safety.<br \/>The Guardian learnt that the Okada riders had tried to resist the Task Force, who came in four-patrol vans from impounding their motorcycles around \u00a0Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) the area of Idiaraba, but were outnumbered and tear-gassed.<br \/>It was said that the Okada riders resisted them and challenged the battle-ready officers, saying that Mushin was not part of the local councils mentioned by the governor in the ban.<br \/>Contacted, the spokesperson for the Task Force, Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, denied that the men shot in the area, but insisted they were carrying out government\u2019s directive to get Okada riders off the area.<br \/>Asked if Mushin Local Council was not part of the areas mentioned by the Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the ban, he said: \u201cThere has been a law banning Okada operations in the state since 2018, so, the current ban did not invalidate the previous one. So, the law is still in force.<br \/>\u201cWe have increased our surveillance to checkmate the influx of Okada riders into the state from other African countries. Most of the Okada riders in Lagos are not Nigerians.<br \/>\u201cWe have seen the evil people accommodating them and what that can do to our country. They can run over our country, because these men know every nook and cranny.<br \/>\u201cWhen these so-called Okada men hit a motorist from behind and he comes down to challenge them, they will call for their members and start destroying the vehicle.<br \/>\u201cNigerians have been so tolerant and now we have to discourage them from creating problems. They are no longer doing shoe shining; they just want to ride motorcycles. 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