₦airaland Forum

pixey:
I never knew Anambra natives are quite the stubborn type.Your inability to reason is evident here. Nobody is being a bigot here. Instead of attacking majority of people who gave their accounts.Have an open mind.

You are the one that has the inability to reason. Why can't you understand that what the OP is talking about is a common thing in major cities, but it is worse in Lagos

Onitsha is by far safer and secured than Lagos where people are robbed in broad day light in Lagos streets.

I feel safe at Upper Iweka than even in front of government house in Lagos.

Lagos is the most dangerous and most unliveable city in the world. This is a fact everyone knows

Benzemma:
Guy am full blooded Igbo. I feel more safe both in park and on the street ( day time precisely) than Onitsha, cos my recent encounter and the story i have been hearing from people concerning theft in Onitsha made me believe that Onitsha is the worst city to be. A city where you will get robbed in public on a broad daylight and no body dares come to your rescue or questioning them, not even the police. I repeat Lagos is much better than Onitsha. Igbo leaders should do something B4 it's too late.

This is detailed. ChineduAlaegbu over to you

moonsurfing:
Why do you wanna deny yourself this armed robber. We know you too well. Your full name is Chinedu Desmond Alaegbu, you are from Imo state though your parents lives in Onitsha where you were born and grew up. You traveled to Italy and got deported due to armed robbery case.

See your picture when you were much younger and when you grew up

Desmond that's you, everyone knows, even you knows. Swear with your life. Liar

ChineduAIaegbu:
Bro, that's not me.
I just pity the guy he is using his pictures.
Allow him to keep gallivanting, Obiano go soon hand over, James Eze will be retired, we can come back and have a conversation.

I have said this several times here but ChineduAlaegbu is taking it lightly. That guy has destroyed Chinedu, but the same Chinedu has refused to use his commonsense

gaetano:
I don't think y'all should be playing like this though. It's all fun and bants till one day he finds himself outside this country doing something for himself then his associates decides to Google him only for Google image to brings this Pic depicting him as an armed robber. You people play dangerous games. Online footprint matters.

Desmond, Onitsha is safe and secure. Face your backward shithole Owerri that has nothing to offer, that's why millions of Imo indigenes have continued to move to Onitsha for greener pasture. And yes, Willie did his own bit in attracting investors to Onitsha in so many ways including infrastructures, security, etc. You are not here for any genuine thing but because of your envy and bitterness, reserve some time for your backward shithole Imo state.


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ChineduAIaegbu:
Onitsha is safe and secure?
And touts are common in other cities?
You guys never cease to amaze me. Mention one project Willie did in Onitsha to attract investors?

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Whatever Onitsha has in terms of motorpark touting, Lagos has it 100x. That's just the bitter truth. Onitsha is learning where Lagos is in the areas of motorpark touts. There's nothing like traffic robbery in Onitsha. Traffic robbery is a Lagos thing. You can write from here to Jericho, it doesn't stop the fact that Onitsha is by far safer than Lagos and PH.

Onitsha is a major economic hub and greener pasture for all the neighbouring states in igbo land and beyond. Onitsha will continue to attract largest visitors and residents in the region. Upper Iweka has been transformed and it is safer from what it used to be 15yrs ago. Overall, Onitsha is safe and secure as the economic capital of Nigeria aside Lagos.

Kenarr:
I was born and raised in Onitsha before I got a job in Lagos and I must say that what op narrated has been happening and people have been complaining and lamenting over this issue yet nothing has been done or is been done to stop it. During December period, I was listening to a radio station and people were calling in to complain over this same matter on air yet this broad day light robbery goes unabated. It's very disheartening and more so heartwrenching that people now mind their business when they see this happening to you and leaves you to ur fate. I haven't had the experience, but my girlfriend has. She was traveling to Lagos and the mistake she made was telling them where she was going. She was going to God is good motors Asaba but they ended up putting her in their own vehicle. She paid twice the amount and ended up being dropped off at ojota which wasn't her last bus stop. Whenever am traveling back to Onitsha, am always in a pensive mood especially if we are entering Onitsha late because of what I will encounter at upper Iweka. That place is a den of armed robbers and lately they are becoming even more daring than before. Lagos is not even remotely close to what Onitsha has become. To some people saying that there is no traffic robbery in Onitsha, I say to u, have u been on Owerri road at night? It's the worst place to be at night in traffic, u may even lose ur life. Yes, I agree that traffic robbery is not too rampant but that's because there is not too many traffic in Onitsha compared to Lagos.
I have been in an intercity bus when I noticed two young boys of Yoruba descent lamenting of how they came all the way from Lagos only to be robbed of their phones in Onitsha. It's not about being smart. Something really needs to be done concerning this issue and am happy op raised this issue at least so others can learn from this. They have succeeded in pushing most Onitsha people and others who know whats up in going to Asaba to board a bus going to Lagos. It's most unfortunate that thousands of people enter Ontisha on a daily basis from other states and leaves Onitsha with a bitter experience. Cursing an swearing never to have anything to-do with Onitsha again. It's that bad. It's even more unfortunate that because of the commercial nature of Onitsha being that it attracts numerous people from neighboring states who enter Onitsha to do business and other things, these touts never run out of victims to oppress.

Nwanne, you have said it all. There's a reason everyone here knows mktinsight as a demonic night owl. The only thing residing inside mktinsight's brain is negativity and demon. He suffers from frustration, bitterness and envy.

Ezewuzie01:
You are not making any sense. Onitsha has blossomed tremendously under Obiano's care. Do you see the massive real estate coming up in around Oba or areas around Nkwelle and up to Awkuzu? The high rate of new buildings coming up all around Onitsha is evidence of confidence in the economy and leadership of the state. In every big prosperous city, the poor and lowly will always strive to survive one way or the other. Touts are common place in PH, Lagos, Kano. In the contrary, you hardly see touts in a civil service backwater like abakaliki where poverty is rife. Onitsha is very safe and secure, the city is doing very well. That thread was opened by a yoruba who came to Onitsha and was played apparently because he couldn't speak or understand the language. Onitsha is booming and people from neighbouring states keep coming to patronize our markets pouring billions into the economy daily. Nothing can take that from Onitsha.

This is not about tribalism. I have been to many cities in Nigeria like Benin, Asaba, Agbor, Enugu, Onitsha, Okigwe, Owerri, Aba, Nnewi, Lagos, Ibadan, Oshogbo, Ilorin, Offa, Jebba, Mokwa, Kaduna, Katsina, Kaura-Namoda, Okene, Lokoja, Kano, Makurdi, Calabar, Uyo, Port-Harcourt etc.

But to be sincere and candid, the only place I have seen the worst kind of tout(agbero) is in LAGOS. They operate with the connivance of police, army, etc. People like MC OLUOMO are products of motorpark touting that's so rampant in Lagos and southwest states. They even sow uniforms with ID cards, different groups like that, chasing people everywhere.

LAGOS is also known for traffic robberies which is even worse than motorpark touting.

Sentiment aside but that's the situation in Lagos. We must call a spade, a spade for once

prof2007:
Africans are very SENTIMENTAL. That is part of why the c
ontinent is faced with gross under-development, despite being the most resource-and-climate-rich region on this planet!his is not about TRIBE or REGION. These are personal experiences being shared by people who suffered such. I have lived in and/or visited places like Benin, Asaba, Agbor, Enugu, Onitsha, Okigwe, Owerri, Aba, Nnewi, Lagos, Ibadan, Oshogbo, Ilorin, Offa, Jebba, Mokwa, Kaduna, Katsina, Kaura-Namoda, Okene, Lokoja, Kano, Makurdi, Calabar, Uyo, Port-Harcourt etc.
I can authoritatively tell you that my worst experiences with touts, fake local government officials, and criminal-minded policemen, have been at ONITSHA. Remember that there could be innocent souls planning to travel that route, and whose money, property, peace of mind or even lives might be saved by reading this type of post by the OP.
Sentiment and tribal jingoism aside, let's learn to call a spade a spade!

TripleOh7:
So you sat in the car.

Then some people came and collected money from all of you and then ran away?

Lol. You sef think am. E make sense?

They collected TP from us and we waited for like 2hrs inside the bus. We were just 3 in the bus. They pretended as though they were looking for more passengers and disappeared from there. It was as though it was jazzy things

Ojota is after Maryland if you are coming from Ikeja.

TripleOh7:
Lol.

I'm sure you don't even know where Ojota is.

Be lying up and down.

I'm sure your conscience, if not dead, will be scolding you for lying.

Bold faced lies.

Who dem born well make e come steal for park in the southwest?

They collected money from you and ran away?

Lol. You must be confusing Lagos for Anambra.

armadeo:
I agree with traffic robberies. But the tale of touts practically robbing you at the park is unheard of. And the fact that it is a well known activity is beyond comprehension.

It's like saying you are forced/ threatened to enter a bus to Benin and you get dropped at ore and told to find your way. Its really strange and can never happen in lagos.

It is common at Ojota and maza maza

hakeemhakeem:
Who were those people that treated you like that your eastern brother, no south west parks would try that with travellers going to western states. Our people should change their ways man hate man

They were yorubas. Their facial marks were so obvious. Even their yoruba accent and dark skin

Trojan8:
OK, what next? Does this negate the story that people have a shared and my personal experience about Onitsha? You would just give yourself hypertension for no reason.

An isolated story shared by 1 out of 100 about Onitsha, can never negate the fact that Lagos is the centre of motorpark touts(agbero) in Nigeria. What about traffic robbery in Lagos?

ELKHALIFAISIS:
I don't know why anything about igbo is peppering all of them , are igbos more dangerous than fulani that sent them to Cotonou as refugees, why are they going to start attacking fulanis and leave igbos alone... their cowardiness dey legendary

Na pure envy and bitterness

armadeo:
Lagos motor park touts are known for owo mi da. They don't harass or extort passengers. If thy bill driver, driver bills passengers.

Not all that stuff about forceful extortion. It can never happen in lagos. Dem go burn you for motor park

Lagos touts are the worst. Visit ojota, maza maza, oshodi, etc, i am tallest out of experience. What about Lagos traffic robberies?

estheI:
I am a fool and a very big one

I should have known

Trojan8:
All you have done on this thread is to attack everybody with an experience to share. If you had one from your time in Lagos, why don't you open a thread and allow people comment? Do you have to disgrace yourself all in a bid to show that you are a son of the soil? What a clown

You are the one disgracing yourself. My point is that Lagos is the worst in Africa when it comes to motorpark touts

SKhanmi:
Don't bother with that guy, he has his head deliberately stuck in the sand. I've been all over the SW and experienced no such nonsense including the park he mentioned. In fact if one is not the stuck up arrogant type, there's a way you will talk with an SW agbero and he would help you out all the way.

Worse things like traffic robberies are happening in southwest. Lagos is headquarters of touts and traffic robberies. You cannot find traffic robbery anywhere in southeast

Lagos as a whole a den of armed robbers. Motorpark touting has its headquarters in Lagos. Even traffic robbery is a Lagos thing. Something you can never find in Onitsha

focus7:
I had this experience at Onitsha in 2006, it was a terrible one. People will be passing bye and they will mind their own business otherwise the boys will attack them.

The Igbos who often talk about agbero in Lagos are aware of this and they won't talk about it. Upper Iweka is a den of hoodlums and daylight robbery

ogbuefi677:
What about Lagos where they stab ppl to death every blessed day in traffic robberies?

When I tell them that Lagos is the worst when it comes to motorpark touting, traffic robberies, etc, they tried to hide and play it down

It is not a tribal war, but truth be told issue of touting is more in Lagos.

Onitsha is a great city and well planned. The city hosts some of the best planned parks, markets, industrial complexes, etc. Though some isolated cases of extortion happens, though it is not peculiar to Onitsha as it happens all over the major cities in Nigeria, particularly Lagos where it is worse.

Onitsha is the greener pasture to many states in igbo land like Imo, Enugu, ebonyi, etc. Onitsha is truly an elegant city east of the Niger

KosiGee:
This is not a tribal war or banter bro. Lagos and south west have their issues. Let’s leave that for now and focus on the thread title and the op’s experience.
I visit Onitsha as I have relatives there but if I have my way, I will evacuate everyone there....then come back with a thousand bulldozers, reduce the city to debris, sweep it clean then restart again to build with plans and new laws.

It’s insane in Onitsha. I’m speaking as nwafor and nwa Onye Igbo. Onitsha is the gateway of south east. Major reconstructions and orientation need to be forced into the city.

Shut up liar. I have entered bus at Ojota(Lagos) to Onitsha and they collected my money, and after spending hours, they refused to leave the park. It was after past 12noon we realised they were touts because all of them disappeared leaving the bus. We were confused as to whether to sit in the bus till night or board another bus to Onitsha. The issue of motorpark touting is more in Lagos. I haven't even mentioned oshodi, Maza maza, etc

phorget:
Then you are not been sincere.
Lagos will never get money from you as soon as you enter their vehicle. They will wait till the vehicle is 95percent full before collecting fares and should there be any reason for you not to travel again your money will be refunded without any stress.
Can you say the same thing about your Onitcha?

phorget:
Do your research well then you'll realize how bad onitcha has become.
This is not about tribe but it's about the rate of extortion and harassment.

I am right now in Onitsha and it is cool. I can confidently tell you that motorpark touting is the same everywhere in Nigeria. Lagos and Ibadan are even worse, particularly Lagos

KosiGee:
You were there as a graduate but you couldn’t spell the passenger correctly and you don’t know the difference between rub and rob??

Those clowns are just making up stories just to feel good. Who doesn't know that Lagos has the worst form of motorpark park thuggery, tout, etc. That's why the yoruba nomenclature "agbero" is almost a universal word

shosky1794:
The last time I will respond to you since you've resulted to insults. Share your experience of extortion at parks in other cities and ask other people to share theirs. So many people have shared their bitter experiences at Onitsha motorparks.

My point is that there are touts everywhere in the major cities of Nigeria, and their mode of operations are the same.

SEDI boss was assassinated in Enugu few days ago, but does it mean that such doesn't happen in other cities? I am certain if it had happened in Onitsha, you would have been everywhere spewing your hate and bitterness. Stop being petty due to hidden hatred.

shosky1794:
You are not staying on topic. We are talking about extortion and harassment of passengers at parks and not about having touts. Sure we all know that there are touts in every state. Ibadan has so many touts but they don't harass and extort you at motor parks

How did you know that they don't harrass and extort people at motorpark? Are you a tout to know that? Please stop spewing nonsense out of hatred and bitterness. Touts are everywhere in Nigeria and their mode of operations are the same

shosky1794:
Stay on the topic. We are talking of extortion and harassment here. No city in Nigeria is worse than Onitsha when you talk about these two. You won't experience such in Enugu but Onitsha..

Enugu, even as a poor people's town has worse case of touts due to high unemployment. Go to new market, old park, holyghost, etc, you can only deceive outsiders. Inugo

shosky1794:
I will like people to start sharing their experiences of extortion in any major South West park just like people are sharing about Onitsha on this thread. All of the times I've been to Enugu, I experienced no such thing

There are touts everywhere in Nigeria, from Enugu, Lagos, Onitsha, warri, Aba, Owerri, kano, Ibadan, abeokuta, etc. This issue of tout is even worse in Lagos

shosky1794:
I can authoritatively tell you that it's not. Strangers don't experience extortion and harassment at any park in the south west

I can authoritatively tell you that your state is by far worse than Onitsha. Onitsha is a major city with all the transportation companies in the city. You can't compare it to your jungle state of origin

Jeferious:
Bros make we no dey argue this thing. I be born and bred in Aba. Boy which street be that for Aba? Black kingdom, Osusu, Omuma, ASA, Ngwa Rd. Name it. The only place wey I no too get ground na Osisioma and Port Harcourt Rd. Nwanne Onitsha is a little wilder. For someone that have had a taste of both places, just take my word for it.

My argument is that Aba is a jungle compare to Onitsha, no insult intended though