Okada Ban: Kwara Police Prepares For Influx Of Riders From Lagos

The Kwara State Police Command is bracing itself for the possible influx of banned commercial Okada riders from Lagos State to the region.

As a result, the Command has summoned all Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) in the state to an emergency meeting to discuss strategies to deal with the likely fallout of the influx of the displaced riders into Kwara State.

The meeting is on the order of the State Commissioner of Police, Tuesday Assayomo, and is scheduled for next week Thursday at the command headquarters in Ilorin.

Ajayi Okasanmi, the Command's Spokesperson, disclosed that while the displaced Okada riders would be allowed entry into the state in accordance with their constitutional rights, the police command would not tolerate nuisance and criminality from any of them.

"We are aware, and incidentally this is not the first time that the Lagos State government will be banning the operation of Okada in Lagos.

"We know that anything that happens in Lagos, Kwara State is almost the next port of call for all those people driven from there because we have almost the same developmental agenda in Lagos and Kwara.

"The Kwara State Police Command has actually put in place the strategy to curtail whatever excesses they may want to come and portend in the State.

"But the fact remains that there is freedom of movement as far as the nation’s constitution is concerned. You are free to go anywhere and ply your trade so far you are law-abiding", he said.