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Okada Riders Damage 37 LAGBUS

The government as reported is still holding on its ban on Okada activities on some of its roads, Okada riders are mad over this and have been seen breaking apart buses... the battle is on.

The management of LAGBUS Assets Management Ltd on Tuesday said that 37 of its buses were damaged during the protest by commercial motorcycle riders in Lagos on Monday.

The company is one of the operators of buses using the dedicated Bus Rapid Transit lanes in the metropolis.

Mr. Babatunde Disu, Managing Director of LAGBUS, told the News Agency of Nigeria that in spite of the damage, no passenger was injured.

Disu said that the company was still taking stock.

Mr. Kolawole Ojelabi , the External Relations Specialist of the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, another operator on the BRT lane, said five buses owned by the authority were damaged.

Ojelabi said the quick intervention of policemen prevented further damage.

He said, “Although commuters were stranded at our bus stations because ticketers were not on the ground, we commenced operation immediately normalcy returned.

Meanwhile, those who spoke with NAN condemned the action of the motorcyclists..

Mr. Oladele Banjo, a civil servant, who resides at Sango and works in Ikoyi, said he had to trek from Ikoyi to CMS because of the crisis ::: Source

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Comment by FRESH EMCEE on October 26, 2012 at 1:06am: Pple who alws get fooled by the 9ja leaders yarn, have serious sickness in the head or they are part of the players holding the four Aces..... Any way, there are more pple who jst claim 2be indegineous like me, the okada riders, commentators, etc....

Comment by FRESH EMCEE on October 26, 2012 at 12:30am: 9ja is not 4 john bulls, rather is 4 9jas, 9ja's not a civilized country rather a misleaded country, where only those with silver spoon are treated right. Pple are alws pushed to the wall......

Comment by Godwille Eneh Peters on October 25, 2012 at 9:54pm: Tell me which civilised country that accepts motor cycle as a commercial means of transportation? Who so ever think it is a legal right for the okada is not reasonable in his/her thinking. Do these okada riders pay taxes? I foresaw what is happening because Okada riding came out politically and the union approved and registered politically not minding all the odds of this concern which is ninety percent. It is now a sentimenmtal issue. CHANGES IS CONSTANCE in any good developement. WHY CANT WE ACCEPT SAME. There are many other reasonable means of clean lifelihood and let forget all about this okada which of recent is being used for various crimes, tax free.

Comment by Matthew Obinna on October 25, 2012 at 8:09pm: The people also have their rights. When a difficult law is promulgated, it becomes difficult to obey it. The governor of any state does not own the state. The state is owned by the people. The legal advisers to the governor must guide him well in a sensitive matter that leads to a decision against the masses. Let it not appear as if all the laws are targeted against the masses.