Ogun Task Force Cause Drama In Ogba-ayo As Okada Rider Goes Into Coma After His Bike Was Seized

Drama came up between a commercial motorcycle (okada) rider, simply identified as Gideon on Thursday, May 7, 2020 around 7.30 in the evening in Ogba-Ayo, Ijoko, Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun state as the okada rider who was said to be resisting the arrest of his bike from men of the Ogun State Task Force on Lockdown was beaten to coma by the Task Force officials who also took his bike away.

The incident got the attention of some residents and passersby who came to the rescue of the okada man before he could regain his consciousness.

Opera news report that "An eye witness who spoke to them on Saturday, May 9, 2020 gave a detailed account of the ugly scene narrated, "It's true something like that happened on Thursday around 7.30 pm. I was about closing from shop that day when we noticed some people running here and there. I later saw the okada riders who came out to operate despite the lockdown, now scampering from being arrested by the task force officials after sighing them from a far but some were unlucky as they eventually ran into their hands. That's how they were arrested with their bikes. But there were some of their colleagues who came later, including one man called Gideon. I think they were defiant to the information by those that escaped among their colleagues that men of Ogun Task Force on Lockdown were still around people that they should clise for the day to avoid being arrested. They insisted to pick some passengers but unknowingly, the Task Force officials suddenly came via the opposite side of the bridge and ambushed them. Others left their bikes and took to their heels while few others were not lucky enough and they had to surrender their bikes to the task force men immediately. But instead, Gideon was sighted dragging the bike with one of the security men. Maybe that's what attracted the attention of other officials who now descended on the stubborn man. I think he was given a hot slap and that's why he fainted. Before we knew it, people who were passing and watching the incident with wrap attention quickly gathered on him. They started pouring water on him until he was able to regain his consciousness. He was later taken to a nearby chemistry store for first aid treatment. He was just stubborn. Now he had lost the okada to them, he. just punished himself for nothing.

"Although, no okada is allowed anywhere in Ogun state now until the lockdown is over, the task force officials also need to take it easy with them because everybody is very hungry at the moment. And all these okada riders don't have any other means of livelihood. That's why they're still coming out to operate, but they have to be doing it with wisdom. Things are not easy anywhere now. Now, we learn Governor Dapo Abiodun has extended the lockdown by another one week. It's only God that can save us from the present situation we are in."