Commercial motorcyclists in Ikom embark on compulsory prayers, fasting

Commercial motorcyclists, popularly called Okada riders, person embarked connected 1 time fasting successful Ikom Town, successful Ikom LGA of Cross River State.

The 1 time accelerated is compulsory and earnestly enforced by officials of the Okada Riders Association successful the town.

Okada riders spoken to successful Ikom Town said they usually clasp the spiritual workout erstwhile a week.

One of them, 40-year-old Maxwell Nsan, said the intent of the accelerated is to unite them and avert untoward events similar accidents and robbery attacks.

“The play accelerated is often strictly enforced. We volition converge astatine a peculiar venue to commune portion we fast. During this clip nary Okada riders is to beryllium seen playing the roadworthy with passengers, other superior sanctions are applied against offenders,”he said.

Nsan testified that helium has seen the effects of the play accelerated arsenic he, including his colleagues, person hardly encountered superior antagonistic incidents successful the people of his work.

The DPO of Ikom Town, CSP Abdulrahman Lagbe and president of Ikom LGA, Pastor Mercy Nsor, confirmed the simplification successful crimes successful their jurisdiction owing to the grace of God.

The DPO  spoke astir information successful Ikom and that prayers tin proceed to assistance trim crimes.

“I tin archer you that crimes...