The Commander of Osun State Amotekun corps, Amitolu Shittu on Wednesday alleged that Commercial motorcyclists, also known as okada riders were responsible for the rampant robberies and killings of innocent people in various parts of the state.
Shittu disclosed this while calling for legislative actions to be taken to restrict commercial motorcycle operations.
He said, “The government must summon courage, especially, the State House of Assembly must enact a law that will restrict movement of club patrons and the night crawlers to their club houses until 6 am in the morning.
“Also, the government needs to ban commercial motorcycle riders from operating at night. It is uncalled for seeing riders use axes, guns, cutlasses, killing people at night. They are the ones carrying armed robbers to the houses of their victims.
“In the last one year, it has been very hectic for us combating crime, but I give kudos to Governor Oyetola for what he has done and I want to advise him to do more for us by providing more operational vehicles, and funding.”
The commander also called for more collaboration among security agencies in the state and Amotekun to prevent crime.