FCT Authorities Have Had 25 ‘Okada’ Riders Jailed In Abuja

Authorities of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have secured jail sentences for 25 motorcyclists (okada) who flouted the ban on use of motorcycles in Abuja city centre.

The Special Task Team on City Cleaning and Management prosecuted the offenders who were recently convicted and sentenced to jail without option of fines.

FCT Minister, Bala Mohammed, made this disclosure on Monday during the FCT Operations Briefing Session in Abuja, attended by the FCT Police Commissioner; representative of the Commandant of Brigade of Guards;
Mandate Secretaries; Commandants of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).

There were also representatives of the
Directorate of State Security Services and Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA); FCT Comptroller of Prisons as well as the Directors of the FCT Operational Departments.

The Minister revealed that the Task Team to date has prosecuted 41 offenders at the mobile courts, which culminated in the conviction of the 25 Okada riders with four others
discharged while the cases involving other offenders are on going.

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