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Appeal court returns commercial motorcycles to Benin
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By Ozioruva Aliu
IN an unexpected judgement, the Court of Appeals sitting in Benin City, Wednesday ruled that commercial motor cycles popularly called okada are free to return to the streets of Benin City, Edo State capital.
It would be recalled that the administration of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole had on June 11th 2013 banned the use of motorcycles in Oredo, Egor, Ikpoba Okha Local Government Areas and Oluku and Ekosodin areas of Ovia North East Local Government Areas and Eyaen area of Uhunmwonde Local Government Area citing security issues, constituting nusance and part of the urban renewal programs of his administration and in it’s place introduced branded commercial taxies with priority given to the former okada riders.
Daily Post Nigeria
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Benin City and its environs may soon experience ease of traffic and transportation following the judgment of the Court of Appeal upturning the ban on commercial motorcycles, popularly known as Okada.
Recall that on the 11th of June 2013, the then Governor of the state, Adams Aliu Oshionmhole, issued a verbal order, banning the use of Motorcycles in Oredo, Egor, Ikpoba Okha Local Government Areas and Oluku and Ekosodin areas of Ovia North East Local Government Areas and Eyaen area of Uhunmwonde Local Government Area.
He also ordered law-enforcement agencies to arrest, confiscate and also prosecute any rider of a Motorcycle in the affected areas.
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