The state government said the ban on the operators became necessary due to their 'scary' casualty figures
Oshodi- Apapa Expressway at Mile 2 road few Bikemen seen working due to fear of getting arrested by enforcement agencies.Several commuters were stranded in Lagos Saturday as the state government’s ban on commercial motorcycles and tricycles came into force.
Ibrahim Babangida, a commercial motorcyclist at Apapa-Oshodi expressway, said many motorcycles were seized by the police on Saturday morning. Abdullahi Mohammed, a commercial motorcyclist, told PREMIUM TIMES the police were yet to sieze motorcycles on that road because the road is blocked by tankers. Ismail Lawal, a stranded commuter at Secretariat bustop, CMD road, lamented that the police were overzealous in effecting the ban.
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