FG considers nationwide Okada ban
The Federal Government says it is considering banning the use of motorcycles nationwide. Motorcycles are popularly referred to as ‘Okada’ in Nigeria street lingua.
Abubakar Malami, the attorney general of the federation (AGF) and minister of justice, said this briefing State House briefing on Thursday.
Malami gave the hint at the end of the meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He said investigation revealed that okada were used for mining activities across the country and the ban could cut off sources of funds of terrorists and bandits.
Flanked by his Interior and Police Affairs counterparts, Rauf Aregbesola and Mohammed Dingyadi, Malami said the security debated logistics being used by the terrorists.
He said terrorists had changed their conventional funding methods to mining and ransom taking, adding they use motorcycles for movement and mining, to fund their arms supply.
On his part, Aregbesola said terrorists who recently attacked Kuje Correctional Center invested substantial efforts into gathering of intelligence before they struck.
He said those found to have abandoned their responsibilities when the attack took place would be penalised.
