Okada Riders Causing Mayhem In Lagos Are Foreigners – Arewa Community

The Lagos State Arewa Community has asserted that most of the Okada riders carrying out illegal activities in the state are “from Niger Republic, Chad, Cameroon and other Neighbouring countries”.

In a statement made available to AN24 on Monday, the association condemned such activites but insisted that some criminal elements from neighbouring countries have infiltrated the Lagos okada body to execute their evil agenda.

The statement which was signed by the group’s Secretary General, Alhaji Musa Saleh, pledge support for Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s recent ban of Okada in some Local Government Areas in the state and urged all their members to comply with the provisions of the laws of the state.

“We support all measures taken by the Lagos State Government in its efforts towards protecting life and prosperities of all Lagosians.

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“We condemn in totality the activities of all criminal elements who are mostly foreigners from Niger Republic, Chad, Cameroon and other Neighbouring countries who have infiltrated the ranks of those genuine riders and thereby perpetrating all forms of crime in Lagos state and are constituting serious threats to the lives and properties of Lagosians.”

The association called on Security Agencies to identify and arrest all those criminal elements masquerading as Okada riders while also tasking the Nigeria Immigration Service to beef up security at the country’s border to curb the influx of foreigners.

They also said, “We will work with the Lagos State Government and the Association of Arewa Okada Riders towards the implementation of extant rules and documentation of all riders in all Local Governments of Lagos State. We must have adequate data on everyone. We call on the Lagos State Government to be vigilant and take proper punitive measures on bad eggs within the security agencies.”