Commercial motorcyclists popularly known as Okada riders on Tuesday have rushed to street in Fagba, Iju area of Lagos State over the alleged killing of two of their colleagues by Police.
It was learnt that okada riders numbering over 5,000 laid siege to the police station at Fagba, threatening to burn it down around 8:30pm on Tuesday.
They alleged that the police killed two Okada riders.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the incident, said normalcy has been restored to the area.
“After a minor accident involving a car and a motorcycle occurred on the Abule-Egba Bridge at about 1630hrs on Tuesday, motorcycle riders in their numbers started fomenting trouble. Police arrived on the scene to quell the unrest. The riders violently attacked the police.
“This resulted in the death of one of the riders. Normalcy has been restored to the area. The DPO Oko-Oba and his men are fully on ground to forestall any breakdown of law and order,” he said.