Riot in Lekki Phase 1, as bikeriders, bus drivers and thugs clash

There was pandemonium this morning at the Lekki Phase 1 axis as bus drivers and unidentified men clashed with commercial motorcyclists (popularly called Okada riders), leaving many injured.

The entry route into the estate was blocked by rioters armed with machetes and other dangerous weapons, leaving many commuters stranded and terrible traffic along the Lekki Expressway.

 

The incident which started at about 8.00am saw Lekki Estate Shuttle bus drivers engaged the Okada riders in a scuffle which was said to be a response to an earlier attack carried out by the later a night before. 

According to an anonymous source, he stated that,  “It all started yesterday when the Hausa okada riders attacked the bus drivers, they shattered the windows of their bus and injured some of the bus drivers. This morning, the drivers with the help of some men caught some of these okada riders and beat them up.’’

The men who were said to have carried cutlasses and blocked cars from driving through Durosimi Etti road, burnt several motorbikes and attacked the Hausa bike riders.  One of the rioters said,  ‘They can’t come here and attack us, we will find them and kill them.’’

In early November, the Lekki Residents Association placed an outright ban on commercial motorcyclists within the estate, stating that both okada riders and passengers who float this rule will be arrested and prosecuted.