‘This suffering is too much’, Lagosians lament as Okada ban enters day five

Commuters stranded at Bus Stops after the Okada ban in Lagos on Monday.

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Some of them in Alimosho area of Lagos asked Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to increase BRT buses deployed to Iyana-Ipaja and Ikeja axis.at Iyana-Ipaja and Iyana-Dopemu on Wednesday that the restriction of motorcycles in the area had brought them hardship. “Tell Sanwo-Olu that those of us living at Iyana-Ipaja were suffering even before the ban of Okada on this road. Now that Okada has been banned, ‘this suffering is too much’ since Monday as you can see.

Mr Kayode Sunday, who resides at Ayobo and works at Costain, urged the government to increase the number of BRT buses on the corridor to bring succour to the people. A private school teacher, Mr Adekunle Adebowale, said the ban had worsened the plight of people living around Iyana-Ipaja, hence the need for more buses on the corridor.

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