Thursday, 24 October 2013

saharareporters:

Commercial Motorcyclist Stage Public Protest In Akure

By SaharaReporters, New York

Business and commercial activities were paralyzed yesterday in Akure, the Ondo State capital, over a protest by some aggrieved commercial motorcyclists, otherwise known as ‘okada operators’.

They were reacting to an increase in their ticket fares as well as government highhandedness about their work, describing it as further attempt to impoverish the downtrodden.

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