Insecurity: Abia LGA chairman reduces Okada operation hours

The Executive Chairman of Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State, Dike Briggs Nwankwo, has directed that operations of commercialized motorcycles successful the assembly beryllium restricted from 6:am to 6:pm daily, opening on July 2, 2026.

The regularisation was successful effect to immoderate information challenges astir the section authorities area, including the caller sidesplitting of a caller graduate, Mr. Chinye Uche, whose motorcycle was stolen by his unidentified assailants, among different transgression activities.

A connection signed by Chidi Onyedikachi, the Chief Press Secretary to the section authorities Chairman, explained that the determination to enforce the regularisation followed immoderate extended consultations with the Ukwa West commercialized motorcycle  (Okada) operators’ union, information agencies, and applicable State authorities.

As portion of the measures, the Ukwa West West LGA, successful collaboration with the Commercial Motorcycle Operators’ Union, volition commence recognition and registration of each motorcycle operators wrong the Council, to amended information and monitoring.

In summation to the policy, each commercialized motorcycle operators successful the Council person been directed to relocate their loading and parking activities to the designated country successful beforehand of the market, arsenic agreed with national leadership, to trim obstruction astatine junctions, and for escaped travel of traffic.