Taraba Gov bans Okada in Jalingo

The operations of commercial motorcycles, popularly known as Okada, have been banned in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital.

Governor Agbu Kefas, who announced the ban shortly after a security meeting on Monday, was represented by his Deputy, Alhaji Aminu Yahaya.

Gov Kefas also reviewed the operations of tricycles in the state capital and imposed a restriction on their operations from 6am to 8pm.

The governor said a seven-man task force headed by the Commissioner of Police (CP) had been set up for the enforcement of the laws banning the use of motorcycles and restriction on tricy-cles’ operations in the state capital.

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He warned that defaulters were to be tried in mobile courts and motorcycles and tricycles used by defaulters confiscated and destroyed.