- Two Okada riders believed to be of northern extraction have been killed by the police.
At least two persons have been reportedly killed after violence broke out between police at Ogba in Ikeja local government area of Lagos state and marauding commercial bike riders.
Two Okada riders believed to be of northern extraction have been killed by the police.
Ekohotblog gathered that the tensed situation has thrown residents of the area into panic.
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Sources said trouble began when some policemen killed the riders in the late hours of Thursday, May 8, 2021, while trying to extort them.
In what appeared to be a reprisal attack to avenge the killing of their colleagues, other Hausa okada riders and northerners in the area mobilised and went on rampage.
Heavily armed policemen have been stationed at the Area G police station.
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