Police, Okada riders face-off in Iyana Ipaja

Iyana Ipaja on Wednesday morning was on lockdown following a clash between motorcyclists and officers of the Nigeria Police.

The clash, our correspondent gathered, occurred when the police officers were enforcing the ban on motorcyclists by the Lagos State Government.
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Commercial activities were also suspended in the area.

Eyewitnesses said buses have been destroyed while stones were thrown at the policemen.

The incident is the second in the week after a similar clash at Ijora area of Lagos in reaction to the ban on Okada and tricycles known as Keke in some parts of Lagos.
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