Policemen from Ishashi Police
Station have reportedly gunned down three commercial motorcycle operators also
known as Okada riders.
According to an eye witness, the
riders were shot dead at about 8:15 a.m. today at Iyana School bus stop, along LASU-Iba
express road, Close to Iba Local Council Development Area, Lagos, southwest
Nigeria.
Sources said the victims, one of
them called Laide, were shot dead when they and their colleagues resisted the
seizure of their motorcycles by the police.
They claimed that the police come
there routinely to extort money from them. “The policemen from Ishashi started
shooting sporadically in the air and in the process shot three riders dead and
seriously injured three other riders who are being treated at El-Shadai
hospital in the area,” an eyewitness said.
The bodies of the dead Okada riders
have been taken to Isashi police station. A resident around the area said the
killing led to the motorcycle riders blocking the road and burning tyres on it.
As at the time of this report,
movement around the area has been stalled, resulting in heavy traffic jam on
both sides of the road.
Lagos State House of Assembly had
earlier this week decried the activities of the police, especially as regards
the seizure of motorcycles in Lagos State indiscriminately in the guise of
enforcing the Lagos State Traffic Law enacted in 2012.
The law, which is about to be
reviewed, restricts commercial motorcycle operators from plying 475 major
roads.
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