The Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday, ordered the arrest of an unidentified military officer, who was riding an okada against traffic.
The incident happened along the Ozumba Mbadiwe Road on Victoria Island.
It was reported that when the governor saw the erring okada rider, he ordered his arrest but the motorcyclist attempted to run into a military facility along the road.
Although military personnel from the facility claimed the motorcyclist was a colleague, the governor insisted on his arrest for flouting the state’s traffic laws.
Operations of commercial motorcyclists have been banned in six local government areas in the state.
In May, Sanwo-Olu announced that from June 1, the ban on motorcycle operations in Ikeja, Surulere, Eti Osa, Lagos Mainland, Lagos Island and Apapa, will take effect.
The state had also warned private motorcycle owners against flouting traffic rules.
Newsflash Nigeria understands that Sanwo-Olu, while on his way to an event, came across the motorcyclist riding through one-way traffic along Ozumba Mbadiwe road and he ordered the security personnel in his convoy to arrest the rider.
Speaking on the Tuesday incident, a witness said that while the security operatives attached to the governor were trying to effect the arrest of the rider, he resisted and tried to gain access to a military facility along Ozumba Mbadiwe road.
During the scuffle between the security personnel and the rider, some military officers who came to the scene insisted that the motorcyclist was a colleague.
Sanwo-Olu was said to have insisted that the rider should be arrested for breaching the state traffic law — a development that led to the heated argument at the scene.
In the video that surfaced on social media, the unidentified military officer was seen carried by security operatives into a van.
