In an official statement by Adebayo Taofiq and made available to
newsmen, commercial motorcycle operators popularly called okada riders,
on Thursday, stabbed two paramilitary officers attached to Lagos State
Task Force BRT monitoring team at Oyingbo towards Iddo area of the
state.
The leader of the Lagos State Task Force BRT enforcement team, ASP
Abutu Anthony, disclosed that the incident took place while the
operatives were on enforcement operations at Yaba, Jibowu, Oyingbo and
Iddo, explaining that miscreants and motorcycle operators who mobilised
to illegally rescue impounded motorcycles attacked his men and stabbed
two of them.
According to Nigerian Tribune, Anthony who said he had since
reported the matter to the chairman, Lagos State Task Force, SP Olayinka
Egbeyemi, explained that while Ogbonna Bernard was stabbed twice on his
head and one of his eyes, Ibrahim Yusuf was stabbed on his leg and
stomach.
He said both Bernard and Yusuf were admitted to emergency wards at
the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) at Ikeja.
Meanwhile, spokesperson of the agency, Adebayo, said Egbeyemi, who
immediately led another enforcement team to Oyingbo towards Iddo,
ordered the arrest of 20 suspects who carried out the attacks and also
impounded 45 motorcycles.
Okada Riders gruesomely beats Task Force Paramilitary Officers in Lagos
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