Commercial motorcyclist in Ondo State, in a bid to express their dissatisfaction over what they have termed plate number exploitation and other charges by the State government, have staged a mass protest in Akure, the State capital.
Following the development, Armed policemen and soldiers have been deployed to strategic locations in Akure to forestall breakdown of law and order.
Okada men in their number took to the streets and major roads, erecting blockades, thereby causing a major gridlock, particularly along the Oba Adesida and Oyemekun routes in Akure, the State capital.
A premium Time source said, “They say we can no longer use plate numbers from other states, but the one designed in the state with a red line,” he said. “That means those who are arrested with such plate numbers are made to pay N5,000 and a compulsory N2,000 for ‘card Igbeayo’ and another N700 before the machine will be released.”
“Our leaders have been trying to get the government to change the policy, but they refused and they started arresting our people, and when we try to get them released, they will be asking for all kinds of money, that is why we decided to rise against it.”
It was further learnt that the protest was peaceful but a combined team of armed policemen, soldiers and Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps were drafted to clear up the barricaded roads.
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