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Passengers Stranded As Danfo Drivers Protest Extortion By Thugs In Lagos

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4 years ago

Mar 5, 2021.

Transport Workers, LASTMA, Lagos, Danfo Drivers, Extortion, Lagos

Scores of passengers were today stranded as danfo drivers protested against extortion by hoodlums and security operatives.
It was gathered that the aggrieved drivers are currently protesting at Ketu bus stop, along the road.

Scores of passengers were today stranded as the drivers of Lagos yellow commercial buses, well known as danfo plying the Mile 2/Badagry expressway protested against extortion by hoodlums and security operatives.

EKO HOT BLOG gathered that the aggrieved drivers are currently protesting at Ketu bus stop, along the road.

The drivers alleged that they have no more money to pay the louts, who take over N1, 000 from them for each vehicle daily.

The protesters added that there are too many security checkpoints on the expressway and that they are being extorted excessively, adding that the harassment and extortion by police, Vehicle Inspection Officers and Federal Road Safety Corps officials had worsened recently.

According to the drivers, some of the areas affected are Agbara to Iyana-Era, Igbo-Elerin, Okokomaiko, and Iyana Iba.

It was further gathered that some commuters were left with the option of commercial motorcycles, who charged N3, 000 from Iyana-Era to Mile 2.

“A lot of commuters plying the road are presently stranded and may remain so but the drivers are determined to keep up the strike until the extortion of drivers on the road is stopped by the government.

“The only major reservation expressed by some is that the police may be deployed to unleash terror on the drivers anytime soon.

“They say while some may be arrested, they are conscious that many of them may be killed by the erratic officers who would be deployed to crush the strike by any means necessary,” a resident said.

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Passengers Stranded As Danfo Drivers Protest Extortion By Thugs In Lagos

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