Members of the Lagos State Arewa Community (LASACOMM), have resolved to unanimously comply with the provisions of the laws of Lagos State with respect to the ban on motorcycles popular as Okada in six local governments areas of the state.
Recall that the state government had recently announced the ban of Okada in six local governments following the killing of a Sound Engineer identified as David Imoh in the Lekki axis of Lagos State.
In a communique sent to www.theoctopusnews.com and signed by its General Secretary, Alhaji Musa Saleh, the group stated that among other things it had resolved that all its members must comply with the provisions of the laws of Lagos State.
Stating that they are law-abiding individuals, the statement said that the group will always continue to intimate its members to continue to operate only within the ambits of the law.
Maintaining that the law which the Lagos State government was enforcing is not new, the group stated that it is over 10 years old, adding that as such the LASACOMM will support all measures taken by the Lagos State Government in its efforts toward protecting life and prosperities of all Lagosians.
Also, the group stated that it condemns 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.
Furthermore, the group urged the security agencies in the state to identify and arrest all those criminal elements masquerading as Okada riders, adding that they are also tasking the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to step up its actions along the borderline in checking the influx of those foreign elements coming into the country without genuine intention.
Thanking the Lagos State Government for its support of the group’s developmental programs such as registration, data generation, and compliance monitoring and its 2-wheels to 4-wheels upgrade program for the same costs, the statement said the group is totally committed and in support of the administrative policies of the Lagos State Government towards getting rid of all security threats, promoting peace and tranquility, safeguarding lives and properties of Lagos and the massive provision and development of infrastructures facilities for all Lagosians.
Conclusively, the group called on all well-meaning Arewa Community members to comply with its common resolve and avoid the Local Governments of Apapa, Surulere, Lagos Island, Lagos Mainland, Etiosa, and Ikeja, adding that it 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.
See full communique below:
COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE EXTRA-ORDINARY MEETING OF THE LAGOS STATE AREWA COMMUNITY GENERAL ASSEMBLY, ON 22nd MAY, 2022.
1. The restriction of Commercial Motorcycle (Okada) operators in some Local Governments in Lagos State is not a new law. It has been in existence for over ten years. We resolved today unanimously that all our members must comply with the provisions of the laws of Lagos State. We are law abiding and we will always continue to intimate all our members to continue to be law abiding and operate only within the ambits of the law.
2. We support all measures taken by the Lagos State Government in its efforts towards protecting life and prosperities of all Lagosians.
3. 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.
4. We are calling on the Security Agencies to identify and arrest all those criminal elements masquerading as Okada riders.
5. We also tasking the Nigeria Immigration Service to step up its actions along the border line in checking the influx of those foreign elements coming into the Country without genuine intention.
6. We are in total commitment and support to the administrative policies of the Lagos State Government getting rid of all security threats promoting peace and tranquility, safeguarding lives and properties of Lagos and the massive provision and development of infrastructures facilities for all Lagosians.
7. We are calling on all well meaning Arewa Community members to comply with our common resolve and avoid the Local Governments of Apapa, Surulere, Lagos Island, Lagos Mainland, Etiosa and Ikeja.
8. 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
9. We thank the Lagos State Government for their support to our developmental programs and are calling on them to support our programs further. These programs include:
(i.) Registration, data generation and compliance monitoring.
(ii) 2-wheels to 4-wheels upgrade program for the same costs.
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