Okada Riders Kill Police Inspector, Injure DPO in Lagos

<h4>Okada Riders Kill Police Inspector<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that commercial motor cycle riders popularly known as okada riders have killed a Police Inspector attached to Isolo Division and injured the Divisional Police Officer of the station in Lagos&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In a statement obtained from the verified Twitter handle of the Lagos Police spokesperson&comma; SP Benjamin Hundeyin&comma; the sad incident occurred when the officers were enforcing the ban on the use of okada for transport in selected parts of the Lagos metropolis&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The PPRO wrote&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>While enforcing the existing ban on the use of motorcycles in parts of Lagos State&comma; Police Officers of Isolo Division came under attack from motorcycle riders at Cele bus-stop&comma; resulting in the death of one Police Inspector &amp&semi; serious injury to the Divisional Police Officer &lpar;DPO&rpar;&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; the Police spokesperson stated further that &&num;8220&semi;<em><strong>Two suspects have been arrested while forty-one motorcycles were impounded&period; The Lagos State Police Command will not be deterred from carrying out its mandate of enforcing duly established laws&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;He added that <em><strong>Citizens are urged to remain law-abiding&comma; as riders and passengers alike arrested on prohibited routes will face the law&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><em><strong>Above all&comma; any form of attack on Police Officers will no longer be tolerated&excl;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;