Okada Ban: Group Gives Sanwo-Olu Seven Days Ultimatum to Reverse Decision
POLITICS DIGEST – Lagos state Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu was given a seven day ultimatum to lift ban on the operations of motorcycles and tricycles in some areas of the state.
A group, Save Climate, and Democracy Naija Coalition, on Wednesday, gave the ultimatum in Lagos, said that the state government would face the citywide “#tackbacklagos protest” if the ban was not lifted before Feb. 11.
The Spokesman of the group, Mr. Ayo Ademiluyi said, “The group hereby issues the Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led Lagos State Government a seven-day ultimatum to cease and dissipate on Feb. 11, to reverse the ban on “Okada” and “Keke” operators.
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“We have argued copiously that the unscientific ban without an entire upgrade of the existing transportation system and industrialization to absorb the large army of the unemployed will lead to crisis.
“We have been proven right as the chaos and anarchy are here for everyone to experience.
“Lagosians have been trekking long distances like the Biblical Children of Israel,” he said.
Ademiluyi said that the palliative measures of the state government could not address the problems already on the ground.
He said that the group would not hesitate to take legal actions against the state government if the ban was not lifted.
The group leader, therefore, decried the alleged “bloody repression” of the motorcyclists and tricyclists who were protested against the ban on Wednesday at Iyana Ipaja.
