Charly Boy throws weight behind Okada ban

Charles Oputa popularly known as Charly Boy has thrown his weight behind the Okada ban in Lagos State.

The ban which came into effect on February, 1, 2020, sees the prohibition of motorcycles and tricycles from certain roads in Lagos State.

Reacting to the ban, Charly Boy who is known to be a motorcycle rider himself, but not commercially, stated that the ban is good because the business had been taken over by strangers.

“I am in support of the Okada ban in six local government areas and nine local council development areas in the state. Though I am an advocate of people riding bikes, the people I now see riding bikes are not the people I used to see. They are strangers and foreigners and that is putting our security in danger.

“The people are all over the country. In Yoruba land, in Igbo land and are mostly not Nigerians. You know I am in the streets, those people are not my people, the people I used to know. The government must restructure the operation of Okada riders and we must know who and who are into it. We must also improve our transport system too,” he said.

Charly Boy, however, called for the creation of jobs for youths to prevent them from engaging in crime.