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has been full compliance with the ban placed on commercial motorcycle and
tricycle operators in Sokoto metropolis, a Vanguard investigation has revealed.
The investigation carried out by our correspondents overnight, showed that all
the cyclists stayed off the roads in the state capital as ordered by the state
government and enforced by the police. The Nigeria police in Sokoto had earlier
on Monday afternoon announced the ban on commercial motorcycle and tricycle
operators in the state not to operate beyond 11:00pm daily. The ban was
announced in a press statement signed by Assistant Superintendent of Police
Mohammed Sadiq Abubakar the Police Public Relations Officer of the command on
behalf the police commissioner Ibrahim Sani Ka’oje. According to the State
Police Command, the ban is in line with “sustaining the concerted efforts of
the Command in combating armed robbery, kidnapping and other criminal
activities. It further stated that “All tea vendors popularly referred to as ‘
_mai shayi_ ‘ are to shut down businesses for the day from 11pm to 6am
Our correspondent visited relaxation spots, drinking bars, Mai Shayi joints
{Tea vendors) suya joints and other dark spots in the metropolis and observed a
high level of compliance to the police order. Staff of a popular hotel and bar
in Tamaje area of Sokoto South Local Government area are seen leaving before
their regular closing hours. A barman who spoke with our correspondent said” I
heard about the ban on radio and I am not ready to be the first victim, you
know how our police behave, they will want to use people as a scapegoat on day
one of this new law. Our correspondent visited Raymond village a dark spot
behind the Giginya Army Barrack Mammy market in Demboa and observed total
compliance. A regular visitor to Raymond village told our correspondent that” I
was shocked to arrive Raymond village by 10:30pm and find out everywhere is
shut and nobody to sell “crack’ (Indian hemp) to me.. Shop owners and tea
vendors as well as suya joints in Old Airport, Offa road, trade fair road,
Demboa, Tamaje in Sokoto south local government as well as those Kwanawa areas
in Dange/Shuni local government area all complied to the new police order. The
police had earlier solicited for cooperation and support of the general public
to obey the new law as it is a measure to make all residents in Sokoto and its
environs safe from activities of criminal elements disturbing the peace of the
law-abiding citizens.
Source: Vanguard Nigeria News
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