Chaos in Ondo as okada riders, ticket sellers clash over multiple levies

Scores of Okada riders and summons sellers were injured during a convulsive clash successful Akure, the authorities capital, pursuing disagreements implicit alleged aggregate levies imposed connected the riders.

The confrontation, which broke retired successful respective parts of the Akure metropolis, was allegedly caused by mounting tensions implicit the postulation of regular levies from commercialized motorcycle operators.

The riders accused summons sellers of demanding further payments aft they had already settled akin charges, starring to a breakdown of instrumentality and bid successful the authorities superior and leaving radical scampering for safety.

With the improvement disrupting commercialized motorcycle operations successful immoderate parts of the capital, the riders protested implicit what they described arsenic aggregate and unauthorised collections.

One of the riders, Jimoh Akindele, accused the assembly brag of directing summons sellers to cod further levies from operators contempt payments already made for akin purposes.

“We spot this arsenic treble taxation due to the fact that we cannot ideate Hon. Fasua selling an emblem for riders successful Akure South. He claimed it was ...