On claims that the law is a violation of the fundamental right of free movement, the judge said that the provision is only applicable to human beings, and not their mode of movement.
Browsing: Okada riders protest
The protesters were made up of civil society groups and the okada riders were set to march from the Nigeria Labour Congress House towards Alausa secretariat when they were stopped.
While a policeman attached to Alakuko Police Station shot and killed an okada rider, policemen around the Ogba/Pen Cinema axis, in a patrol vehicle, rammed another into a gutter, injuring him seriously
Adeyemi, who spoke on Monday against the backdrop of the violent protest of the ban of okada on 475 routes in the state, urged security operatives to halt the protest by the commercial motorcycle operators
It was gathered that the areas affected as at Monday afternoon included Ijora Olopa, along 7up Road, Mashalasi and Ladipo
It was gathered that the okada riders in their hundreds are revolting at Isolo, Mushin and some sections of Ikorodu Road as at press time
The renewed clampdown by the police is in line with the enforcement of the new traffic law in the state banning the commercial motorcyclists, popularly known as okada, from some roads