Osun Police command warns motorcyclists against using hoods

By Richard Akintade, Osogbo

The Osun State Police Command has warned motorcyclists who use hoods/facemasks to cover their heads, faces, and nose mask, especially commercial motorcyclists, popularly known as Okada, while riding their motorcycle to stop forthwith.

According to the Police Public Relations Officer for Osun State Commissioner of Police, SP Opalola Yemisi Olawoyin, in a press statement issued and made available to The Conclave in Osogbo the state capital, “this stern warning becomes imperative due to series of reports received by the Police Command that, criminal minded Okada riders uses hood with intent to commit crimes such as Robbery, Rape etc. on the innocent citizens especially their passengers during the night time, whose identity will not be easily ascertained. ”

The Police Command enjoined the leadership of Okada Riders Association in the state to warn their members against covering of their heads and faces in any form while riding their motorcycles, as the command had mapped-out strategies to arrest and prosecute anyone found wanting in this regard.

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In the same vein, members of the public have been advised not to board or engage the service of any commercial motorcyclist (Okada) with hoods/facemasks while riding their motorcycles, the statement concluded.