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Liberia: Pehn-Pehn Riders Not Above The Law
Liberia: Pehn-Pehn Riders Not Above The Law
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IN 2013, THE FORMER administration of President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf instituted a ban on motorbike taxis from the capital city’s main roads. The decision came in the backdrop of scores of accidents and deaths as a resort of the careless and reckless driving of bikers dubbed Pehn-Pehn riders.
THE BAN ALSO CAME after the driver of a motorbike taxi was killed in a collision with a school-bus. As a result of the collision, an angry mob set the bus on fire.
IN RECENT WEEKS, DEATH and accident toll appear to be on the rise again
Motorcycle and Tricycle Union of Liberia Calls for The ‘Immediate Cancellation’ of No-Go-Zone
Motorcycle and Tricycle Union of Liberia Calls for The ‘Immediate Cancellation’ of No-Go-Zone
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Monrovia – The Motorcycle and Tricycle Union of Liberia, has reacted sharply to the ‘no-go-zone pronouncement by government, terming the decision as ‘marginalizing and inhumane.’
“Since the reintroduction of the no-go-zone restriction in Monrovia and its environs, the cyclists rights have been denied, which we considered a complete marginalization, abuse of power on the part of the Liberia National Police and government at large,” the Union’s Secretary General Trokon G. Gray said.
Gray referenced Article 8 and 13 of the Liberian Constitution for which he believes government is strongly contravening, urging those involved with such decision to rethink.