Angry Okada riders whose motorcycles were seized attacked BRT bus in Lagos: Police
The Lagos Police Command says suspected motorcyclists, whose motorcycles were seized, allegedly attacked a BRT bus on Wednesday in the Orile area of the state.
The command’s spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, said this in an interview with journalists in Lagos on Friday.
Mr Hundeyin said it was not a case of armed robbery, but the attack was a reaction by the suspected motorcyclists to the seizure of their motorcycles.
He said the Lagos State Taskforce on Environment and Special Offences, Enforcement Unit, had raided commercial motorcyclists plying the BRT lanes and other prohibited roads and seized some motorcycles.
Mr Hundeyin alleged that some of the motorcyclists were those who resisted the police because of their positions but were arrested during the raid.
“Some of these motorcyclists got angry and mobilised themselves to protest and the nearest Lagos State government facility they saw around was the BRT coming.
“They forced the driver to stop and attacked the bus, and the driver was not bold enough to drive through them; he waited and ran out of the bus while the riders vandalised the windows of the BRT.
“There are claims that some people were robbed in the bus; nobody has come forward to the police to report that,” he said.
On Tuesday, the Lagos State Taskforce on Environment and Special Offences Enforcement Unit impounded 164 motorcycles on the state’s highways.
According to the task force, the motorcycles contravene the Lagos State Road Transport Sector Reform Laws of 2018, prohibiting motorcyclists from using all highways.
(NAN)
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