The Lagos State Arewa Community says the majority of crimes committed by commercial motorcyclists in Lagos are done by ‘criminal elements’ from neighbouring countries.
Musa Saleh, the secretary-general of the Arewa community said this in a communique issued on Sunday.
The community was reacting to a ban on motorcyclists known as okada riders in Ikeja, Surulere, Eti-Osa, Lagos Mainland, Lagos Island, and Apapa local governments by Lagos State governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
The state authorities said the ban was for security reasons. It came days after motorcyclists lynched a sound engineer in Lekki.
He said, “We condemn in totality the activities of all criminal elements who are mostly foreigners from Niger Republic, Chad, Cameroon and other Neighboring countries who have infiltrated the ranks of those genuine riders and thereby perpetrating all forms of crime in Lagos state and are constituting serious threats to the lives and properties of Lagosians,” Saleh Said.
“We are calling on the Security Agencies to identify and arrest all those criminal elements masquerading as Okada riders.”
Saleh appealed to the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to intensify its checks on the influx of foreigners coming into the country without documentation.
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He said the Arewa Community supports the government’s policies to secure Lagos State.
“We are in total commitment and support to the administrative policies of the Lagos State Government getting rid of all security threats promoting peace and tranquility, safeguarding lives and properties of Lagos and the massive provision and development of infrastructures facilities for all Lagosians,” Saleh said.
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