The Ondo State Government has ordered, effective from 12 midnight today 24th July, 2015, the suspension of commercial motorcycle (Okada) operations in Akure metropolis.
By the suspension, no commercial motorcycle (Okada) operation will be allowed on the following roads and connecting locations:
Adesida Road to Oyemekun to FUTA South Gate and all adjoining routes
Federal Secretariat to State Secretariat to NEPA Junction
Arakale Road to Army Barracks and all adjoining routes
Oda Town to State Secretariat and all adjoining roads
Futa North Gate to Shasha and all adjoining Roads
Fiwasaye Road to Agbogbo
Oba Ile to Mobil- Fiwasaye Roundabout and all adjoining roads
Fiwasaye to A Division and all adjoining roads
Cash Hold to Adofure and all adjoining routes
State High Court to Hospital Round about to Oshinle and all adjoining routes
Ijomu-Oke Ijebu to Agbogbo and all adjoining roads.
Araromi to Akure High School and all adjoining routes
All Housing Estates Roads including Alagbaka, Oba Ile, Ijapo, Afunbiowo, Shagari and others.
Oluwatuyi to Ijoka and all adjoining roads and Fiwasaye to Ado Junction
Government is also suspending ticketing activities of commercia motorcycle operators ACROSS THE STATE.
To get to the root of the protest, Government has set up an Investigative Panel.
Effective from 12 midnight today, any unregistered commercial motorcycle (Okada) will be impounded.
Government in making these decisions notes that the brigandage and destruction by commercial motorcycle operators (Okada) was against registration and identification, which is a must for monitoring,
management and security purposes.
Government notes that in the last six years, several marches, protests and rallies have been held, all of which never led to the destruction of property as witnessed on Thursday.
As a responsible government, expresses its shock by the recklessness of the protesters.
Government finds no connection between any protest and uprooting of ornament.
