The Akyem Tafo District Police Command in collaboration with Drivers and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) have arrested about 35 Okada riders and confiscated their motorbikes a day after massively welcoming Prof. Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang, Running Mate to John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress(NDC) in Abuakwa North.
The Okada riders were arrested on Thursday which is the first day of the operation.
The operation targets riders without license and unregistered motorbike.
Prof. Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang on Wednesday June 26, 2020 embarked on a campaign visit to Abuakwa North constituency.
She received massive support from commercialized motorcycle riders (Okada) who led her convoy to many parts of the communities she visited.
This was to demonstrate their support to the NDC which has promised to legalize their operations.
The flagbearer of the NDC John Dramani Mahama has also promised to establish an electric motorbike assembly plant in Ghana if he wins the 2024 general elections to provide electric motorbikes on a hire-purchase basis for Okada riders.
Okada business has created nearly one million jobs for the unemployed youth across the country.
The Abuakwa North Communications Officer of the NDC, Wahabu Amadu told Starr News, the operations by the Police was carried out on “orders from above ” which is politically motivated to frustrate Okada riders in the municipality due to the support showed to the NDC Running mate.
He called on the Regional and National Executives of the NDC to come to the aide to secure bail for them.
“The Okada President in Abuakwa North came to meet the Parliament candidate that they have heard about the coming of Prof. Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang so they want to show their support because John Mahama has assured to legalize their operations. So they collected Party shirts and flags and massively welcomed the running mate. They were about 75 in numbers “
“Then the next day they say instructions from above. About 35 motors confiscated and riders arrested and detained without writing their statements. The NPP is shakened by what they saw that is why the Municipal Chief Executive Alhaji Bodinga and the Parliamentary candidate Buffalo are pushing this evil egenda”.
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Obed Ansah
