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PHOTONEWS: Lagos Commercial Motorbike Operators Take To The Streets Again

December 19, 2012

  Motorbike operators in Lagos today pushed further in their showdown with  the Lagos state government, led by the organized  pro-labour movement, Joint Action Front [JAF], motorbike operators popular known as "okada riders" defied police's attempt to thwart their protest a second time, after their protest was restrained last Monday.

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  Motorbike operators in Lagos today pushed further in their showdown with  the Lagos state government, led by the organized  pro-labour movement, Joint Action Front [JAF], motorbike operators popular known as "okada riders" defied police's attempt to thwart their protest a second time, after their protest was restrained last Monday.

Several JAF activist were later arrested by the police and detained at the state police command headquarters in Lagos.