Members of the Amalgamated Commercial Motorcycles Owners and Riders Association of Nigeria (ACOMORAN), Egbeda- Akowonjo branch, have appealed to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State and the Commissioner of Police, Mr Kayode Aderanti, to stop policemen from harassing them.
The ACOMORAN Chairman, Mr Ogundare Olaoluwa, made the call during a solidarity rally for Ambode and President Muhammadu Buhari. He said: “We have complied with the restriction of movement on the highways from the previous government, but policemen are still coming after our members who are plying the inner streets. “We are not defaulters of the law. We are tired of the incessant harassment and extortion from policemen. We want the governor to intervene and order these policemen to stop seizing our members’ motorcycles.
“I believe there are enormous responsibilities on Ambode’s shoulders and the expectations of residents of Lagos are high, but I want him to look into our plight and consider us. It is from this business that we feed and train our families.” Olaoluwa added that youths, who would have embraced crime, were now riding motorcycles to make the ends meet. He, however, appealed to Buhari to look into the fuel scarcity issue. The chairman said that if the fuel crisis was not resolved, motorcyclists would soon go out of business.
The General Secretary of the association, Adekunle Odewale, said they organised the rally to show to Ambode and Buhari that they were solidly behind them. He said: “I want the present government to give us more roads to ply in the state, away from the prohibited ones. We want the government to lift the prohibition on Oguntade Shasha Road. This particular road is important to our business. We used to pick more passengers along that stretch of road.”
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