Just imagine President Goodluck Jonathan, Governors Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi and Seriake Dickson on the Abuja Airport Expressway sitting on the sidewalk at about 8:15 tomorrow morning – a Monday.

Though the issue of the rightful ownership of oil wells in the disputed area which predates the creation of Bayelsa State had been on ground, it was again brought to the front burner on Monday when the Kalabari National Forum and some monarchs went to Abuja to protest the alleged surreptitious moves by some Federal Government officials to excise five oil producing Kalabari communities of Rivers State with a view to dashing them to Bayelsa State for political reasons.

The battle between Rivers State and its neighbouring Bayelsa State, over who owns the stretch of area that generates three hundred thousand barrels of crude oil per day has left the court room. The battle is now on the streets of Port Harcourt where, on Wednesday, traditional rulers, chiefs and other prominent community leaders of Kalabari stock took to the streets in Port Harcourt protesting what they dubbed an attempt to deny them of part of their ancestry with an alleged shift in the boundary demarcating Degema Division from the old Brass Division.

For sometime now, commercial motorcycle operators are being hacked down by a special task force raised by the government to enforce the “no Okada on Lagos Highways’ Law. However, some of the riders narrated their ordeals to Saturday Vanguard

For okada riders in Lagos, the Governor Fashola has drawn the battle line as he eventually ordered enforcement of the law, banning commercial motorcycle operators from plying major highways.

A trip to the National Orthopedic hospital, Igbobi, Lagos will reveal a pathetic situation of victims of Okada accidents. Destinies altered as many on clutches cried in pain as a result of severe orthopedic injuries, while others with spinal cord injuries groan helplessly on wheel chairs.

The general challenge experienced by virtually all states in the federation remains the undaunted task of how best to tackle security.

Communication, Innovation, Education & Development Consultant and Career Strategist as well as NIPR ACT Programme Administrator & Authorized Manager (Nigeria) of Oxford College of Marketing(UK), Peter Ogudoro in this interview opined that ban on Okada operators in the State is not well thought-out.

The drastic fall in standard of living and horrible decline in quality public transportation in the country were attributable to the emergence of motorcyles and tricycles (keke Marwa) as means of commercial transport for commuters in urban centres, cities and towns.

Mr. Rotimi Olowo, member of the Lagos State House of Assembly representing Shomolu Constituency, said the activities of ‘Okada’ operators pose security challenge to the state as they were notorious for committing atrocities.