The newly posted DPO of Sagamu Road Police Station, Ikorodu, has been sending strong signals not only to criminals, but also to the errant commercial motorcyclists known as Okada riders.
CSP Ogunrin Mohammed is a no-nonsense police officer whom many of his colleagues said that when given all the necessary equipment to work, he will do his best to rid Ikorodu division of criminals.
Since the announcement of the ban on OKADA in the state by Governor BabajideSanwo-Olu, CSP Ogunrin has been arresting Okada riders who were hell bent on disobeying the governor’s directives.
Almost on daily basis, more than one hundred Okada riders are being arrested and sent to Lagos. As of July 12, 2020, informed sources told Oriwu Sun that the new DPO has arrested more than five hundred bikes since he assumed office couple of weeks ago.
A visit to the Sagamu Road Police Station revealed more than hundred motorcycles, ready for onward transfer to Alausa. In early July, a group of commercial bike riders protested along Alhaji Street, shouting slogans to condemn the state government’s directive on motorcycle ban.
In an interview with some of them, they claimed that they have nothing to eat at home and that the money they realise from the daily ride of their motorcycles is what they use to maintain their families.
Despite the good work the DPO and his staff are doing in enforcing the State Government’s directives, some Okada riders are still, on daily basis, plying our major roads in Ikorodu division, especially along Ebute, Odogunyan and Ota-Ona axis. Some of them still ride along the BRT lane and in a bid to escape police arrest, they knock down innocent people.
Police source told Oriwu Sun that the new police chief has vowed to continue arresting not only the criminals in Ikorodu, but also the Okada riders as well. It was said that DPO Ogunrin is not sleeping and he is always on his toes to sanitize the division. Responding to the allegation that some police officers were allegedly collecting bribe between N10,000 – N20,000 from Okada riders to help them reclaim their seized bikes, the anonymous police source responded by explaining that once a seized motorcycle is delivered into the police station.