2027: Don't be used to cause trouble - INEC, OPC warn okada riders

Commercial motorcyclists, popularly known arsenic okada riders, person been warned against allowing themselves to beryllium utilized to origin occupation up of the 2027 wide elections.

The informing was fixed during the 2026 time ceremonial of the Oyo section of the Amalgamated Commercial Motorcycle, Tricycle Repairers, Owners and Riders Association of Nigeria, ACOMORAN.

Speakers astatine the lawsuit see the Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, successful Oyo State, Professor Adeniran Tella, an Islamic cleric, Sheikh Mahmud Eleshinmeta and a person of Odua People's Congress, Comrade Adesina Akinpelu.

The lawsuit which was held connected Thursday astatine Obafemi Awolowo Stadium, Oke Ado, successful Ibadan, was attended by hundreds of commercialized motorcyclists successful the state.

Tella who was represented by the Head of Information portion of the commission, Mr Olayiwola Awolowo, advised the national members not to let themselves to beryllium utilized arsenic instrumentality of unit oregon thuggery before, during and aft the elections.

He besides advised them to promote their passengers to cod their Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs.

"Let maine beryllium clear, bash not let yourselves to beryllium utilized arsenic instrumentality of unit oregon thuggery. The Nigeria Police Force has warned that the instrumentality volition instrumentality its afloat people against anyone, nary substance their status, who threatens nationalist bid oregon engages successful transgression behaviour before, during oregon aft the elections.

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