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Massive Clamp Down on Okada riders at 2nd rainbow, other areas will be visited soonest – Jejeloye
The Lagos State Taskforce has revealed its intelligence and surveillance gathering around the Metropilis in recent times has shown that Okada riders who had been banned from operating on the States Highways and restricted routes last year are returning to those routes gradually just after the recently concluded Salah (Ileya) festival to continue their illegality.
This information was made public by the Chairman of the Agency, CSP Shola Jejeloye at the Headquarters, Bolade, Oshodi where he described the actions of the incorrigible okada operators as an effort in futility.
He stated that the Agency is not unaware of the influx of illegal aliens from neighbouring countries who trooped into the City right after the Ileya celebrations to resume operations on restricted routes despite the ban on their activities still being in full force.
“Some of the okada operators who had their bikes confiscated in the past have returned to Lagos from to resume their illegal operations.
We have undercover operatives who monitor various locations across the State and we have it on good authority that these illegal Commercial Motorcycle Operators are back to kick off their okada business but we are battle ready for them”
The Chairman disclosed that Lagos is a metropolis that welcomes various individuals of different tribes, ethnicity and nationality but some unscrupulous elemente are trying to take advantage of that opportunity to perpetrate their illegal activities at the detriment of well meaning Lagosians.
Foreigners who engage in legitimate business in the city are always welcomed but the Agency frowns at illegal aliens or criminals who perform illegalities one of which is riding okada on restricted routes across the State.
Jejeloye reiterated that the ban on the activities of okada and in six LGAs and nine LCDAs was in line with the State’s Transport Sector Reform Law of 2018 which aims to maintain the State’s Mega City status as enshrined in the THEMES agenda of the present administration, therefore no recalcitrant okada operator would be allowed to truncate the efforts of the State Government.
“We have recorded numerous success stories since the ban across board, ranging from drop in crime rate, reduction in traffic bottlenecks occasioned by their recklessness to reduction in accidents cases reported in the orthopedic hospitals in Lagos. Its our duty and responsibility to ensure that these agents of anarchy are not allowed to return to the Highways and we will make sure any operator caught would be made to face the music”.
Available security reports suggest that we should be expecting more influx of them after farming/raining season, but our strategic and security antenna put in place will fish them out and their bikes will be impounded.
It is high time they tow the line of best practices and imbibe the belief that crime is not a career before it is too late.
Meanwhile, Today, 12th July 2023, the Agency carried out a massive clampdown on okada riders operating at 2nd rainbow along the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, several okadas were impounded in the process, and the operation was hitch free.
CSP Jejeloye urged Lagosians to continue utilizing alternative and safer means of transportations as the clamp down on okada operations will be full blown. He reminded commuters that passengers who patronize okada operators are also as culpable as the rider and passenger would both be made to face the full wrath of the law.
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PFIPC: Adeyemi should be prosecuted – ICPC chairman
President Tinubu had on July 7, mandated the ICPC to investigate the matter and submit its report within 30 days.
• State House Photo:The Chairman of the ICPC, Musa Adamu Aliyu, submit an interim report of its investigation on PFIPC, to President Bola Tinubu on Thursday, August 6,2026
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has urged the Federal Government to prosecute the Director -General of the fake Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew.
The Chairman of the ICPC, Musa Adamu Aliyu, made the call on Thursday when he submitted an interim report of its investigation into the controversy surrounding the existence of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) .
As part of the recommendations, the ICPC boss said Mr Adeyemi should be prosecuted, while administrative sanctions should be imposed on public officers “whose acts of omissions, negligence, facilitated the illegal operation of the council because our investigation found that some public officers failed to do due diligence.”
President Tinubu had on July 7, mandated the ICPC to investigate the matter and submit its report within 30 days.
Submitting the report, the ICPC chairman said that the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council “was never established by any law or executive order or other instrument of government, and the appointment letter presented by Adeyemi Matthew was completely forged alongside similar documents used to perpetuate the illegal activities of the fake agency.”
“What we discovered was that the office used by the fake agency was broken into. The lock was broken, and he had access to the office. That was how he was able to get inside that office, and also the false widespread impersonation and wide range of illegal activities were perpetrated by the fake DG or the fake agency, Adeyemi.”
He emphasised that public officers should also be sanctioned, because “They failed to adhere with the standard procedures that are supposed to be complied with in their ministries and departments, and that gave Adeyemi Matthew the opportunity to conduct this illegal act.
“Then institutional reform has also been recommended that there is need for institutional reform so that the internal control of the MDAs can be strengthened to block this kind of illegal activity.”
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PSC hands over 50,000 newly recruited constables to police for training
Receiving the recruits on behalf of the Inspector-General of Police, DIG Isyaku Mohammed, who oversees the Force Training and Development Department, commended the commission for conducting what he described as a transparent recruitment exercise.
• IGP Tunji Disu
The Police Service Commission on Thursday formally handed over 50,000 newly recruited police constables to the Nigeria Police Force for training.
A statement issued on Thursday by the commission’s spokesperson, Torty Kalu, said the handover was presided over by retired Justice Paul Galumje, Commissioner I.
The statement said the recruitment exercise was conducted in line with the directive of President Bola Tinubu and relevant statutory provisions.
Galumje thanked the President for his support of the recruitment process and formally presented the successful candidates to the Nigeria Police Force for training at designated police colleges and other approved institutions.
He also handed over the detailed list of successful candidates, contained in a flash drive, to the police authorities.
Receiving the recruits on behalf of the Inspector-General of Police, DIG Isyaku Mohammed, who oversees the Force Training and Development Department, commended the commission for conducting what he described as a transparent recruitment exercise.
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Kogi vigilantes clash leaves eight dead
Chairman of Lokoja Local Government Area, Abdullahi Adamu, confirmed the incident, clarifying that the violence was not a bandit attack on the affected communities.
• One of the dead victims / Ohibaba image
At least eight people have been killed following a violent clash between local vigilante members and Fulani vigilantes in the villages of Abugi, Mikugi, and Gudanchi, all located in Lokoja Local Government Area of Kogi State.
The violence which erupted on Thursday, has thrown residents of Abugi and surrounding communities into panic.
Sources said the crisis began after a confrontation between a member of the local vigilante group and his counterparts from the Fulani vigilante group.
The disagreement reportedly escalated when one of the men allegedly opened fire, killing the other instantly.
The killing triggered a series of reprisal attacks, with the death toll rising to at least eight as of the time of this report.
The exact number of those injured is yet to be confirmed.
Chairman of Lokoja Local Government Area, Abdullahi Adamu, confirmed the incident, clarifying that the violence was not a bandit attack on the affected communities.
The council chairman said security agencies had been briefed and promised to provide further details as investigations progress.
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