anowrite:
It has now become a custom for touts and thugs to demand money from rich people that wants to establish anything, be it house or business, popularly called "owk ile" without knowing its effect.

Mr Gbenga Samuel Wemimo, a Twitter user narrates how these touts stopped business owner, who established an hotel in their community and bought a transformer to help the community and his hotel, but was discouraged after they forcefully collected N100,000 as "Owk Ile" from him.

He wrote:
"Somewhere in Lagos, a man built a hotel on a street and brought a new transformer to help the street and his hotel business. Youths in the area then demanded he must pay N100,000 before it will be installed. That was how the transformer got connected to just his hotel."

Other twitter users also narrate their experience from the effect of this barbaric act.


https://www.gistrealm.com/twitter-user-narrates-how-thugs-prevent-rich-people-from-developing-their-community-after-demanding-owo-ile/

anowrite:
It has now become a custom for touts and thugs to demand money from rich people that wants to establish anything, be it house or business, popularly called "owk ile" without knowing its effect.

Mr Gbenga Samuel Wemimo, a Twitter user narrates how these touts stopped business owner, who established an hotel in their community and bought a transformer to help the community and his hotel, but was discouraged after they forcefully collected N100,000 as "Owk Ile" from him.

He wrote:
"Somewhere in Lagos, a man built a hotel on a street and brought a new transformer to help the street and his hotel business. Youths in the area then demanded he must pay N100,000 before it will be installed. That was how the transformer got connected to just his hotel."

Other twitter users also narrate their experience from the effect of this barbaric act.


https://www.gistrealm.com/twitter-user-narrates-how-thugs-prevent-rich-people-from-developing-their-community-after-demanding-owo-ile/

sirusX:
Does the law permit them to collect?

Then why has the police not done anything

sirusX:
Does the law permit them to collect?

Then why has the police not done anything

tytope:
....
Don't promote shady investments like betting, HYIP, MLM, FOREX, binary options, and cryptocurrencies on NairalaND

BEWARE

vickzdvipe:
It's even worse in the region where I'm from and reside(Niger Delta), majority of the youths now think "Marching Ground" as it is usually called, is part and parcel of their fundamental rights.
Its sickening to just turn thoughts towards these things sef.

222Martins:
It's everywhere oh. I have experienced it on several occasions, even after paying youth development levy. They think they are doing us. Now, i am no longer a charity organization. If i have any project or CSR, i will go and do it in my hometown......Even the solar street light, public borehole, charity foundation and skill acquisition center i intend building, i will do it in my home town. To your tent oh Israel. No Time!!!!!!!!!!