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Will Okada and Tricycles on Major Highways Return Sanity to Lagos? by sleeksavbvy: 7:26am On Jan 21, 2020


Lagos is often regarded as a no man's land. In other words, nobody owns Lagos. As such anything goes in the state.

This is why over the years, there has been a steady rise in the number of Okadas and Tricycle in the commercial nerve centre of Nigeria.

For the Okadas, they have become notorious for flouting traffic rules and have become a waiting army to attack anyone who get into a dispute with them. Their mantra is an injury to one is an injury to all.

Not sounding tribalistic or divisive, these Okada riders are from the North. It has been alleged that some of the riders who have no place of abode in Lagos, pay a random driver to ferry them down to the city and within few days, you find the person riding Okada. He sleeps and wakes up on his Okada.

Tricycles are no different from the Okadas, they act as if they own the roads. They park indiscriminately and take any passage as long as the tricycle can pass through.

As such a section of Lagosians have called on Governor Sanwoolu to place an outright ban on Okadas and Tricycles. Fortunately he is a listening governor and ban them from plying major routes till...

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Re: Will Okada and Tricycles on Major Highways Return Sanity to Lagos? by helinues: 7:29am On Jan 21, 2020
The okada riders are minors regarding Lagos road sanity..

You see those Agbero heh, they contributed mostly to how disorganised Lagos roads are.
Re: Will Okada and Tricycles on Major Highways Return Sanity to Lagos? by ndcide(m): 7:35am On Jan 21, 2020
Okada are also road users. Don't intimidate them, drive with care.

Some people just want to intimidate Okada riders.
Re: Will Okada and Tricycles on Major Highways Return Sanity to Lagos? by Lagosfinder(m): 7:55am On Jan 21, 2020
Sanity in Lagos with danfo still on the road
Re: Will Okada and Tricycles on Major Highways Return Sanity to Lagos? by Vikkie14: 8:08am On Jan 21, 2020
It will.
Simple as that. It's not outright ban but restriction to major roads. Cycles should not be ban because there are places vehicles won't and can't access that cycles will ply without hiccup.

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