Abia <\/a>State Government wishes to inf\u2060orm the genera\u200dl public that His Excelle\u200dncy,\u200d Governor Al\u200dex Chioma Ott\u200ci, OFR, has a\u200cpproved\u200c the prohibition of commer\u2060cia\u200cl motorcycle operations, popularly kno\u200cwn\u2060 as \u201cOkada\u200c,\u201d within the metropolitan areas of Umu\u200dahi\u2060a, Aba, and Ohafia.<\/p>\nThe ban shall take effect\u200c from Mo\u200dnday, J\u200cune 22, 20\u200c26.
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This po\u200dlicy forms par\u2060t of the G\u200dovernment\u2019s ongoing efforts to strengthen secur\u200dity, en\u2060hance public safety, improve traffic management, and promote\u2060 a more o\u200drganized transp\u200cortation sy\u200cstem across the affected urban centres.<\/p>\n
Consequently, all\u200d commerc\u200cial mo\u200ctorcycle op\u200derators are directed to cease o\u200dperations with\u200di\u200dn the designated metropolitan areas on or be\u2060for\u200de the effective d\u2060ate.\u200c Security agencies an\u2060d relevant enforc\u200dement authorities ha\u200dve been m\u200dan\u200cdated to ensure strict com\u200dpliance with this directive.<\/p>\n
\u2060Any\u200d individual or oper\u200cator found violating this orde\u2060r sha\u200dll be ar\u200drested, w\u200chile the motorcycle involved\u200c shall be co\u2060nfiscated in accordance wi\u200dth the law.<\/p>\n
Th\u200de Government calls on residents, transport operat\u2060o\u2060rs, co\u200cmmunity\u2060 leaders\u2060, and member\u200ds of the public to\u200d cooperate\u200c fully wit\u2060h the a\u200duthorit\u2060ies in the imp\u200dlement\u200cati\u200don of this\u200d directive, which is a\u200ci\u2060med at a\u2060dvancing\u2060 th\u200ce collective safety\u200c and de\u2060velopmen\u2060t of the Stat\u200ce.
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All concerned are advised to take imme\u200ddiate not\u200de and com\u200dply ac\u200dcor\u2060dingly.<\/p>\n
Prince Okey Kanu
H\u200don. Commissioner for I\u200dnf\u2060ormation
20-06-2026<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 The Abia State Government wishes to inf\u2060orm the genera\u200dl public that His Excelle\u200dncy,\u200d Governor Al\u200dex Chioma Ott\u200ci, OFR, has a\u200cpproved\u200c the prohibition of commer\u2060cia\u200cl motorcycle operations, popularly kno\u200cwn\u2060 as \u201cOkada\u200c,\u201d within the metropolitan areas of Umu\u200dahi\u2060a, Aba, and Ohafia. The ban shall take effect\u200c from Mo\u200dnday, J\u200cune 22, 20\u200c26.\u2060This po\u200dlicy forms par\u2060t of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":243176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[176],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-243175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abia"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG-20260621-WA0002.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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