A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos, Joe Igbokwe, has lambasted Motorbike hailing service, GoKada, Igbere TV reports.
Igbere TV had reported that operators of GoKada, on Wednesday, said they were shutting down operations temporarily to restrategize and rebrand.
Igbere TV gathered that the move comes after the CEO and co-founder, Fahim Saleh, faced operational hurdles during a ride in the Lagos metropolis.
Narrating his ordeal in a social media post sighted by Igbere TV, Saleh said he was disappointed when a trip of 5 minutes turned out to take more than 15 minutes from the Mainland Bridge to Victoria Island.
According to him, the GoKada rider took a longer route to get to the bridge, “one that would have completely avoided had he used the map”.
But reacting, Igbokwe, a Commissioner-designate of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, mocked GoKada for investing $5.3 million in what he described as mere Okada business.
Suggesting that Lagos State has hand in the challenges facing the company, the APC Lagos spokesman added that ‘Okada’ business was not sustainable in the commercial city.
“Instead of partnering with govt on BRT, you invested “5.3 million dollars” in Okada business and expect that Lagos state will allow you jeopardise its muliti-billion naira mass transit investments”, he said.
“Call it ‘bike-hailing start up’ or whatever, okada na okada… it is not sustainable in a city of high density population Lagos”, Igbokwe wrote on Facebook.
But some Nigerians have disagreed with Joe Igbokwe with many tongue lashing him, insisting that he was allowing partisan politics overshadow his sense of judgement.
Reactions below…
