Residents of Ajao Estate in Oshodi Isolo Local Government Area, on Thursday, called on Lagos State Government to extend the ban on commercial motorcyclists, popularly known as Okada riders, to their area to forestall what they described as ‘security breach’ in the neighbourhood.
The residents under the aegis of Ajao Estate Central Community Development Association staged a peaceful protest to the Secretariat in Alausa, appealing to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to proscribe Okada operations in their community.
The protesters said they could no longer sleep with their two eyes closed as a result of fear and insecurity arising from uncontrolled operations of commercial motorcycles.
Chairman of the community association, Martins Adegboyega, who led the protest, described the presence of Okada in the community as ‘unwarranted invasion’, stressing that members of the estate were no longer safe with the continuous operations of Okada in the community.
