Abubakar said, “I have been in Lagos since 1982 and all my seven children were born in the state. I have faced a lot from the task force. I owned seven bikes and they were seized by a task force in Agege and Egbatedo. That period was tough for me because I feed seven children. Someone gave me the one I ride now and I pay a weekly delivery of N8,000.”He noted, “I raised money to buy seven cars one by one. I gave them out to six people and they delivered money to me weekly.
He added that it was sad that the economy was bad, stating that Okada riders took care of their families with proceeds from the business. Lawal decried what she termed the various atrocities caused by the riders across the state, saying it should extend the ban to all parts of the state. Shonibare said, “The ban has always been in operation but the enforcement has been the issue. If you notice the recent one in the four added local governments, the compliance will be high on the first and second day. The riders will be on the lookout to see what will happen but if they notice that the enforcement unit relaxes, then in five years’ time or thereabouts, they will continue to operate. Government has to put in place a series of alternatives.
Oshinowo added, “It is in the absence of proper transportation schemes put in place by the government that we now have proliferation of motorcycles. It is rare in the urban areas to see motorcycles moving from one place to another. That can only be an acceptable means of faster movement from one rural area to another especially where the roads are not accessible to vehicular movements. It should not have been in the first place.
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