Sunday, 16 September 2012

S-West Okada riders deny link with Boko Haram


BY DAUD OLATUNJI
ABEOKUTA – Contrary to the media report purportedly linking the commercial motorcycle operators with the dreaded  Boko Haram sect, the South Western leaders of the Amalgamated Commercial Motorcycle Owners and Riders Association (ACOMORAN) said its members are  neither “Boko Haram” nor “willing tools” in the hands of the sect.
Rising from a zonal meeting  held in Ogun State, the association maintained that,  all its members are  law abiding citizens that engage in transport business to earn a living as well as contribute  to the nation’s socio -economic growth.
Speaking after the meeting held in Sango-Ota weekend, National Secretary, Dr. Francis  Banji Ayeni  condemned the report made by a factional President of ACOMORAN, Muhd Sani Hassan in Abuja  which portrayed  the Okada riders in Nigeria as willing tools in the hands of the Boko Haram  sect.
The meeting which was attended by leaders of the association in the region including the  Chairman Board of Trustee, BoT, in the South West, Egunjobi Adeosun, state Chairman of the association Akeem Adetola and others, Ayeni called  the nation’s security agencies to investigate the statement and the people behind it  to ascertain their mission.

 
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