Police order FRSC, NDLEA out of keke, okada rider’s workshop

In from Ahmed Boulor . . .

An enlightenment workshop organised for commercial tricycle and motorcycle riders across Ogun State on safety throughout this year’s ember months, was disrupted when heavily armed policemen force stormed the venue of the event in commando style.

Their appearance caused a mild drama at the workshop staged in Abeokuta which was organized by the National Commercial Tricycle and Motorcycle Owners and Riders Association, NACTOMORAS, with the theme, “Road Accident Prevention/Control and Drug Abuse.”

The policemen who invaded the Ayetoro Road venue of the event ordered the over 2,000 guests and participants already seated to immediately vacate the hall moments before the event was about to commence.

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Men of the police force also ordered the Ogun State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr. Adegoke Adetunji and his other officers; the representatives of the state-owned Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, TRACE, the National Association of Seadogs, popular known as the Pyrates’ Confraternity, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA and other agencies listed to deliver topics at the event and already seated on the high table, out of the venue causing a stampede as guests tried to find their way out of the venue in a hurry.

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