Ogun State government has warned Okada riders who are migrating to the state after their operations were restricted in Lagos to have a rethink.

In a recent statement by Remmy Hazzan, the Special Adviser on Public Communications to Governor Dapo Abiodun, he revealed that any Okada rider that is planning to leave Lagos for Ogun State is not welcome.

According to him, the state does not have the capacity to cope with the security risk migrating bikers would pose to the state.

He added that the Okada business is prone to various security issues and this is why they keep getting banned in several parts of Nigeria.

He also said using motorcycles for commercial operation is not in the schedule of the National Transportation policy.

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Dapo Abiodun (born 29 May 1960) is a Nigerian businessman and politician, who is the Governor of Ogun State after winning the 2019 general elections under the platform of the All Progressive Congress. Dapo Abiodun was the board Chairman of the Corporate Affairs Commission. He is the managing director of Heyden Petroleum and the founder of First Power Limited. On 10 March 2019, he was declared Governor-Elect of Ogun State by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

He was sworn in as Governor of Ogun State on 29 May 2019.

Abiodun was born on 29 May 1960 in Iperu Remo, Ogun State. He belongs to a royal family. He was born into the family of Dr Emmanuel and Mrs Victoria Abiodun from Iperu Remo, in Ogun East senatorial district.

Abiodun studied civil engineering at the Obafemi Awolowo University Ife, Osun State and then accounting at Kennesaw State University, Atlanta Georgia. He also holds an honours and doctorate degree in finance from Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State and another in business administration from Adeleke University, Ede, Osun State.