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Task force, okada riders clash in Lagos
 
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Tue, 17 Nov 2020   ||   Nigeria, Lagos State
 

Officials of the Lagos State Task Force and Okada riders on Tuesday clashed at Second Rainbow Bus Stop along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway.

Officials of the task force had reportedly arrived at the bus stop to impound motorcycles when the clash occurred.

Eyewitnesses explained that the Okada riders resisted the officials of the task force from impounding their motorcycles.

In a bid to express their displeasures, the Okada riders set bonfires on the expressway, leading to gridlock.

“We trekked long distances under the scorching sun,” a commuter, told our correspondent.

It was learnt that the Okada riders’ action paralysed activities in the area – Amuwo-Odofin Local Government.

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