No fewer that 23 members of the commercial motorcyclists operators have been killed by bandits in Ekiti ,in the last three months .The chairman of the Okada Riders Association in Ekiti state, Mr Kunle Ashaolu who made this known at a security parley held at the Fajuyi Pavilion in Ado-Ekiti.
Ashaolu explained that the situation started around February and that the last Okada rider was killed in April, making it 23 within three months.He attributed the increase in the killing of the riders to the high in the price of new motorcycles, saying the attackers always made away with the motorcycles after killing their victims.
He revealed that the assailants operates between 10pm and 5am with a promise to the riders of about N3,000 for a drop that should be for N200 to isolated areas and new sites where there were no people to rescue them.
He expressed sadness over the situation and called on the commercial motorcyclists to stop operating beyond 10pm and not start operation until 6am everyday.
Ashaolu commended the efforts of the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad under the leadership of Marcus Ogundola at addressing the situation with regular patrol and arrests across the state capital.