Trouble is brewing at the Igbo-Olomu
community in Ikorodu Lagos state, following the murder of two men by
suspected motorcycle riders.
It was gathered that the deceased said to be toll-collectors,
allegedly seized the motorcycles of suspected Hausa men whose identities
were given as Mohammad and Hassan.
In a swift, the motor cyclists stormed the base of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) to retrieve their bikes, but a fight started which led to the alleged killing of the toll-collectors.
A source said: “These boys called themselves ticketers but in actual fact, they are omo niles who just feel that they can oppress non indigenes working in their community. That fateful day, the ticketers stopped the okada riders and they demanded money.
They have been collecting money from bus riders and commercial motorcycle riders called okada with impunity. The Hausa ‘Okada riders’ refused to give them the money and they seized their bikes and took them away.
However, the ‘abokis’ organised themselves and went to recover the bike. That was how a fight started and two of the ticketers were killed. The Okada riders ran away but there is tension in the community as the Yoruba youth are hunting for northerners in the area.
The elders have tried to intervene, while the police have been invited into the matter.
Source: Naij.com
A cross-section of motorcycle riders.
In a swift, the motor cyclists stormed the base of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) to retrieve their bikes, but a fight started which led to the alleged killing of the toll-collectors.
A source said: “These boys called themselves ticketers but in actual fact, they are omo niles who just feel that they can oppress non indigenes working in their community. That fateful day, the ticketers stopped the okada riders and they demanded money.
They have been collecting money from bus riders and commercial motorcycle riders called okada with impunity. The Hausa ‘Okada riders’ refused to give them the money and they seized their bikes and took them away.
However, the ‘abokis’ organised themselves and went to recover the bike. That was how a fight started and two of the ticketers were killed. The Okada riders ran away but there is tension in the community as the Yoruba youth are hunting for northerners in the area.
The elders have tried to intervene, while the police have been invited into the matter.
Source: Naij.com
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