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Massive Clamp Down on Okada riders at 2nd rainbow, other areas will be visited soonest – Jejeloye

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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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Yunusa’s vehicle was reportedly intercepted by the suspected bandits during a kidnapping operation along the Itobe–Ochadamu Expressway, around Ojuwo Olijo in Ofu Local Government Area of the state, on Thursday, August 27, 2026.

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Kogi State Police Command on Friday confirmed the murder of the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State, Ishaq Yunusa.

Yunusa was killed in an attack by suspected bandits.

His death has thrown family members, friends and APC supporters into mourning, with calls for the immediate arrest and prosecution of those responsible.

The Public Relations Officer, ASP Saliu Oyiza Afusat, confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Friday.

She said the attack occurred at about 5 p.m. on Thursday when armed assailants emerged from the surrounding bush and opened sporadic fire on motorists.

According to the police, security agencies are intensifying operations in the area, while personnel are combing the surrounding forests in a bid to rescue any abducted victims and track down those responsible for the attack.

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President Tinubu Orders Comprehensive Forensic Audits of MDAs, IPPIS

The exercise will establish the nature and extent of weaknesses in Government’s control system, and determine how such weaknesses have been exploited.

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August 28, 2026

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the Minister of Finance and Co-ordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Taiwo Oyedele, to oversee and coordinate a comprehensive forensic audit of Federal Government systems.

The audit will include a review of the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS), Federal Government agencies, and their administration and internal controls.

Bayo Onanuga,Special Adviser to the President(Information & Strategy), in a press release on Friday, said that President Tinubu’s directive follows the Federal Executive Council’s resolution on August 19, 2026, in response to findings by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on “fake agencies”, ghost workers, and other control failures.

The exercise will establish the nature and extent of weaknesses in Government’s control system, and determine how such weaknesses have been exploited.

The review will comprise two interconnected components. The first will focus on a forensic audit of Government systems, particularly IPPIS and related payroll, personnel, pension and financial-management platforms.

It will examine reported cases of ghost workers and payroll fraud, reconcile the figures identified by the ICPC, trace how fictitious or ineligible persons were enrolled, and review access, identity, biometric and bank-account controls.

The exercise will also examine the interfaces between IPPIS and other government platforms, including GIFMIS, Remita, the Treasury Single Account (TSA) and Sub-TSA, to determine whether fraud resulted from system defects, process failures, inadequate segregation of duties or deliberate circumvention.

The second component of the audit will cover all Federal Government agencies, departments, commissions, councils, parastatals and other government bodies.

It will establish a definitive inventory of such bodies and verify their legal basis, while examining how entities obtain official recognition, budgetary consideration, correspondence privileges, office facilities and access to government systems.

The exercise will assess governance, procurement, internal-audit, and oversight controls across Government to close systemic weaknesses that could allow irregular entities or persons to access public resources.

President Tinubu directed that the exercise be conducted with the highest standards of independence, professionalism and forensic integrity.

The audit team will have access to relevant government systems and records. It will collaborate with the ICPC to ensure that the review complements all ongoing investigations, prosecutions and recoveries.

President Tinubu expects the exercise to go beyond identifying individual cases of fraud or administrative failure by strengthening the architecture of Government, closing systemic loopholes, improving data verification and reconciliation, reinforcing accountability, and ensuring that only duly constituted entities and eligible personnel have access to Government resources.

The exercise underscores the President’s commitment to strengthening transparency, accountability, fiscal governance and institutional integrity across the Federal Government.