Tag Archives: RIDER

A 19-year-old boy has met his untimely death in an accident that got him trapped under a cement truck at the Bogoso main lorry station in the Prestea Huni Valley District of the Western region. Emmanuel Adu Gyamfi who hails from Oppong Valley in the Wassa Amenfi East Municipality had …

A 45-year-old farmer, Michael Akrofi, alias Kofi, is on the run after allegedly murdering his friend, Oboye Joe, 32, an Okada rider and burying him on his farm at Ebehn near Asenema in the Okere District of Eastern Region. The Police have since mounted a search for the farmer who …

Two young men riding a motorcycle were killed in an accident that occurred on the Bolgatanga-Navrongo Highway in the Upper East Region. The yet-to-be-identified men were run over by an urban mini-bus after their attempt to overtake a tricycle failed. One of the deceased is the rider of the motorcycle …

A tricycle rider, Samuel Kwaku Sakyi was jailed after he could not pay a fine of GHC 1,800. Telling his story to Crime Check Foundation, Samuel Kwaku Sakyi indicated that he was given a tricycle to work and pay. However, there was no set amount for him to follow suit …

Two persons on a motorbike have been crushed to death by a speeding KIA truck on Tutu and Akanteng road in the Lower West Akyem Municipality of the Eastern Region. The Kia truck with registration number ER-246-15 knocked down the two who were on an unregistered motorbike. The rider of …

A rider of a commercial motorcycle, popularly known as ‘okada’, was yesterday crashed to death in a road accident on the Kwame Nkrumah Overpass, in Accra. The accident occurred when the motorcycle with registration number M-20-GR-3745 Lamid Mohammed was riding crashed into a Zoomlion Street Sweeper vehicle with registration number …

With the government taking a different position on the legalization of the Okada business, the general belief is that the ruling New Patriotic Party may have lost the love of Okada riders in the lead up to the December 2020, polls. However, scenes on the streets of Kawukudi when the …

A serious crash involving one of the many motorbikes leading the convoy of former President John Dramani Maham on a visit to Techiman in the Bono East Region has left one individual in coma. Report say, the individual was part of a group of Okada riders who were organized by …

A 36-year-old police officer with the Dawa Police Station met his untimely death when he was knocked down by a commercial motorbike operator, popularly called Okada. The incident occurred at Anyamam, a suburb of Sege in the Ada West District of the Greater Accra Region, on Wednesday. The victim, General …