VIDEO: Lagos Gov, Sanwo-Olu arrests soldier, motorcyclists plying ‘one-way’

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday, ordered the arrest of a soldier and some motorcyclists riding against traffic along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway.

According to videos shared on X (formerly Twitter) by the Senior Special Assistant on Media to the Governor, Wale Ajetunmobi, the culprits which included the soldier, a Lance Corporal, on sighting the convoy of the governor, left their motorcycles and passengers and attempted to escape but some of them were quickly apprehended by the governor’s security details.

In a statement accompanying the videos with the caption, “This Morning: Lawless okada riders plying one-way along Lagos-Badagry Expressway left their motorcycles and passengers upon sighting the convoy of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu,” Ajetunmobi said:

“One of the offenders — a lance corporal in the Army — was arrested with his bike.”

In another of the videos, some of the motorcyclists are seen trying to drive away with their passengers to escape being arrested by the governor’s security men, while some abandoned their motorcycles and their passengers and tried to flee on foot.

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Another video showed Sanwo-Olu ordering his security details to put one of the motorcyclists who claimed to be a soldier into the vehicle, while threatening to lock him up.

“Put him there; let your father come and rescue you. You’re telling me you are a soldier; that is the more reason I’m going to lock you up,” the angry governor is heard staying.

“You people are the ones causing this. Maybe I should arrest two of you and put you in the guardroom,” he is heard telling the arrested passengers.

“You’re entering Okada, and they are taking one way. Is it good? And they’ll now hit you; you’ll go and fall, and you die; they’ll say the government killed you. What a shame!”.

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