Okada Riders Protest Police Harassment in Nigeria
A bloody clash between policemen and commercial motorcylists has left no fewer than seven policemen and two commercial okada riders injured.
Okada riders.
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Nigeria:
Oyo - Okada Riders, Policemen Clash in Ibadan
Daily Trust, 7 November 2012
It was pandemonium at Apata, Ibadan for several hours on Wednesday morning when commercial motorcycle operators popularly called okada riders clashed with the policemen in the area… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Mob Torches Police Post Over Killing of Commercial Motorcyclist
This Day, 8 November 2012
Aggrieved commercial motorcyclists popularly called Okada and some residents of Kuola community in Apata area of Ibadan yesterday, set ablaze the police post in the area over the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Again, Police Shoot Commercial Motorcyclist in Lagos
This Day, 8 November 2012
A day after policemen shot and killed a commercial motorcyclist popularly known as Okada at the Ilupeju area of Lagos State, similar incident happened Wednesday in Ketu. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Nine Injured as Police, Okada Riders Clash in Ibadan
Vanguard, 7 November 2012
A bloody clash between policemen and commercial motorcylists popularly called okada yesterday in Ibadan left no fewer than seven policemen and two commercial okada riders injured. Read more »
InFocus
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Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly has called on the Commissioner of Police to call his men to order on the way and manner they brutalise and harass commercial ... Read more »