•140 motorcycles impounded

•Why Okada must leave Lagos —Omotoso; Says ‘Okada accidents record 767 out of 1,712 cases 1st quarter

•As riders drag govt to court

By Evelyn Usman, Olasunkanmi Akoni, Bose Adelaja &Juliet Umeh

No fewer than 16 commercial motorcycles, also known as Okada, alongside their passengers, were arrested, yesterday, by policemen, during the enforcement of the ban on their operations in six local government areas, by the Lagos State Government.

The Police also impounded 140 motorcycles, while 94 of them were seized in communities around Ajah, Ikeja and its environs.

This came, as the Lagos State government has appealed to Lagosians to use alternative modes of transportation in the state, disclosing that out of the 1,712 accidents recorded in the first quarter of year 2022, 767 involved Okada.

Meanwhile, one of the motorcycle unions, Motorcycle Transport Union of Nigeria, MTUN, has dragged the Lagos State government before a Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, praying the court to declare the ban as illegal, unlawful and unconstitutional.