{"id":8516,"date":"2024-07-16T16:32:44","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T16:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/?p=8516"},"modified":"2024-07-16T16:32:44","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T16:32:44","slug":"lagos-taskforce-clamps-down-on-okada-riders-on-the-highways-other-restricted-routes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/2024\/07\/16\/lagos-taskforce-clamps-down-on-okada-riders-on-the-highways-other-restricted-routes\/","title":{"rendered":"LAGOS TASKFORCE CLAMPS DOWN ON OKADA RIDERS ON THE HIGHWAYS, OTHER RESTRICTED ROUTES"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2026vows to rid the State of the menace<\/b><\/p>\n

In furtherance of Lagos State ban on menace of commercial motorcycles popularly known as Okada on the Highways and other restricted routes, the Lagos State Taskforce is all out to enforce the ban on the activities of Okada operators on all major Highways and restricted routes in the State.<\/p>\n

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Today, the Agency raided Iyana-Iba Road, Badagry Expressway, Igboelerin and Alakija where okada have continually operated despite the ban.<\/p>\n

According the Agency Chairman, CSP Adetayo Akerele, more enforcement for compliance activities is coming up to completely rid the axis of their activities.<\/p>\n

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Over 105 okada were impounded in a single sweep, all bikes seized will be forfeited to the State Government.<\/p>\n

Gbadeyan Abdulraheem
\nDirector,Public &Public Affairs
\nLagos State Taskforce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2026vows to rid the State of the menace In furtherance of Lagos State ban on menace of commercial motorcycles popularly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-from-the-grassroots"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8516"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8520,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8516\/revisions\/8520"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}