Residents want ban on okada, others

Residents of GRA Apapa, Lagos, led by its Chairman, Mr. Olaniji Yusuf, and publisher of Businessday newspaper, Mr. Frank Aigbogun, have staged a peaceful protest on the activities of okada riders, commercial drivers and three-wheeler operators in the GRA.

In a statement by AGRA on Saturday, the protesters, who marched from the GRA to Apapa Local Government secretariat on Burma Road, demanded a total ban of the operations of the three means of transportation, which they said had led to the increased spate of armed robberies and environmental degradation.

They said that the transport operators invaded the estate from Ajegunle, a suburb of the state, and that their continued operations in the GRA posed security threat to the residents.

Yusuf, who read their request to the council chairman, who was represented by his Chief of Staff, Mr. Lawrence Adedeji, said the residents could no longer bear the continued operations of the three transport operators because of the threat their operations posed to the area.

On his part, Adedeji was said to have told the residents that the council would look into their agitation and offer a solution.
Source:http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201012202431667