You cant ban us - Okada men dares Fashola

 Commercial Motorcycle operators in Lagos (popularly called Okada riders) yesterday told a Federal High Court sitting in Ikeja that there is no law in the state which empowers the Government to ban their operation on Lagos roads.
They stated this through their lawyer, Bamidele Aturu in a suit filed against the government by four different Okada riders associations in Lagos
According to them, the State House of Assembly has not, as at date, put in place any law to back the action of  the


government to ban, seize commercial motor cycles or arrest the operators, adding that the state government also does not have any authority to ban Okada from federal roads.
The motorcycle operators, had filed the suit before the court, presided over by Justice Stephen Adah, alleging plans to ban their operations by the state government.
The plaintiffs are the Trustees of National Commercial Motorcycle and Tricycle Owners and Riders Association; Motorcycle Transport Union of Nigeria; Trustees of All Nigerians Autobike Commercial Owners and Workers Association; and Okada Welfare Association. Joined as co- respondent are the state government and the state Attorney-General, Mr. Ade Ipaye.
Aturu also told the trial court that the respondents raised certain fundamental issues in their written address before the court which he said are not justifiable under the provisions of Chapter 2 of the constitution and certain provisions of the African Charter on Human and People's Right.
Aturu accused the respondents of embarking on a selective reduction of the applicants'  claim to just the provisions of Chapter 2 of the constitution.
Citing relevant decided cases on whether provisions of chapter 2 of the constitution are enforceable, he said that section 13 of that chapter gave all organs of government and any person exercising legislative power to implement chapter 2 of the constitution.