This story hit home for me. I am not a bigot or an ethnic jingoist, but truth be told easterners really need to work on themselves to end this very bad and dubious tendencies that they are known for.

I have my own experience at the hands of transporters from that region. Many years back i wanted to travel to PH from Lag, but it was around past 10am, and all the reputable transporters which i would have used, had ended the loading of PH vehicles.
It was a Sunday and by all means i had to make the trip, as I had an exam the next day in my school.
I had to take a decision i would never have taken before. I went to a park in Ojota where they load 14 seaters, that aren't registered under any company. It's a conspicuous park at Ojota. They normally put up signs that read - Owerri, Onitsha, Aba, PH.
I paid and boarded one of the buses.
We reached Onitsha, everyone alighted, and the driver just casually went away, and it was then i realized from one or two victims like me that they were not going any further. I was shocked to my marrow.
Most people in the bus stopped at Onitsha. I think we were about 3 people that unknowingly fell into those fraudsters hands. It was getting dark. I had to go to a junction not far away to see if the buses on the highway were loading PH.
I waited, and waited till it was completely dark, and a young man advised me not to stand there as i could get robbed.
I felt so emotionally destroyed, as i realized that i would not be able to arrive in time for my exam which was starting by 8am.
I had to go back inside the park with my luggage, found an empty bus, and slept till the next morning when i took a bus to PH.
THE carry over i ultimately got in that course caused me major problems for graduation.
On analysing what happened to me i realized that these parks will just put up those PH signs but almost never reach PH. THey stop at Onitsha. They put up PH signs in order to load their buses much quicker by deceiving unknowing passengers.
Easterners need to work on themselves. It is very strange that people can live their lives off deceiving and cheating people off their money.
They do this all over the country. Even buses loading from Aba to PH. Many of them will say the final busstop will be at mile 1 in PH, but on arriving PH at Eleme junction they will tell everyone to alight from the bus, that they are not going again.
Which kind of people are these? How do people live that type of life?

collagiatepaper:


No mind the clownish yorrober man. He purposely put "southwest". Who doesn't know that Lagos is the most dangerous place in Nigeria

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

estheI:
you're a fool and a very big one

Useless Good for nothing animal like you

Even in the military regime, crime was rampant back in the days especially in Abacha day. So let no one tell you a lie, pickpocketing and robbery was the order back then. Falling into the wrong hands when travelling is not matter of being wise, but just being unfortunate , n. You can be wisest and most street guy in naija and can fall into the hand of criminals if you are not careful. Na only God grace dey save person

I have practically read from page 1-8. Now those of you making a tribal thing should just chill ehh myself na Igbo but I don hear am too.

I remember my NYSC days in kogi and am from Imo, so I can't avoid ontisha. I was en route from kogi to owerri, I did not wear any NYSC thing for body. I had to cross that upper iweka bridge by foot cos traffic de, and others were walking too. Out of no where 2 odd looking guys came out from nowhere flashed a police ID and asked me where am I going to that they need to search my bag. Immediately I activate my 6th sense cos I know upper iweka boys and their stories.

Me too bring out my NYSC ID card flash am too and told them "am sorry you can't search me, am a corper " I come move waka, next thing I hear be say "corper no de commit crime" I no even answer them I move, they too turn back.
To be honest na God save me, I did not know where the boldness came from. If say I do JJC they for search me come plant something for my bag and that is the end. This happened in 2010.

Till now, I can't enter a vehicle that will stop me at onitsha. If I no see direct car from lagos instead I enter asaba own. Not in my life to stop and change vehicle in ontisha. If them no rob you, them go rape you, harrash you, dupe you or delay you something go sha happen especially if you de there cross 6pm you are on your own.

Sometimes even the Igbo language no the help and like I will always advice, travel light, if them see you struggling with load they don't need any invitation. Travel light and walk like a mad man swinging arms and leg in different directions.

collagiatepaper:



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

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

CharisEleos:
So with all the upheavals going on in the east you still went ahead to risk travelling there?

Well, most people here including me from the East has never and will never encounter such because I chose to stay safe in my house.

I was also shocked on Tuesday when a colleague told me she would be traveling to the east for the summer. I tried to dissuade her but she waved it and told me nothing is happening. Ok!

Traveling for summer.

All you Futa djallon bastards na God go punish una

Reeberry:
This matter is something you use that laughing emoji, when talking. It doesn't make sense.

Shebi make I kill myself? Na me dey sponsor the touts? Abeg kponkpi. No carry your pepper body come my side

Ibos.. Sorry to say some Ibos do not have conscience.. Criminal minded I have had this same experience.. Same onitsha.

Jeferious:
Shebi make I kill myself? Na me dey sponsor the touts? Abeg kponkpi. No carry your pepper body come my side

You talks like them.

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?

SegFauIt:

If you don't equally breport the abuse that leds to the outburst heaven will judge you

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

[Please sir do you stay in Onitsha? There's an elderly woman I'm seriously searching for.

uoteor=samwillyco1 post=103559478]Sorry Bros, but next time be wise and rugged. Upper Iweaka is a very bad area for the first timers if you don't change your step to look like that of rugged guy. Next time ask for help from those street traders, and
Finally, learn a lesson has been passed, but as a guy you messed up.ooo[/quote]

collagiatepaper:
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

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

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?

[Please I can't see my mentions, don't know why.i can't see ur reply,dm me by email please.sir.please
quote author=samwillyco1 post=103559478]Sorry Bros, but next time be wise and rugged. Upper Iweaka is a very bad area for the first timers if you don't change your step to look like that of rugged guy. Next time ask for help from those street traders, and
Finally, learn a lesson has been passed, but as a guy you messed up.ooo[/quote]

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

;DLast year September myself and a friend experienced this in that same park while returning from a burial in Owerri. They're all criminals.
I'm Igbo but f**k Onitsha!!!

Alliteration:
Pardon my errors

I traveled yesterday from the southwest to attend a wedding in Owerri. I got to onitsha around 12 noon because of the vehicle. I have been directed to take keke to peace park. I took keke from the park, but the keke guy took I and the lady with me to another pack. On getting there, I was still confused because I didn't see the name 'peace' there. The guys there cut the ticket and wrote 2550 to Owerri... As I was trying to tell him No... Some guys came trying to harass the lady... Creating fear by trying to hijack her bag... So, she ran and said we should pay for the vehicle... The guy took us to the vehicle in disguise that he was trying to protect us saying onitsha is now bad... We paid and met some people in the vehicle.

To cut the story short... That same keke and another kept bringing people for them and they harass them that way. Once u enter that park... U can't go out... U will pay for the ticket under duress. We left there past 2pm....It was later I discovered the driver and vehicle was hijacked too... He was given 1k and they took the rest. The keke guys were positioned for it. They collected double money from some women, made them cry and they paid again. They vehicle was going to owerri, they took bayelsa and Portharcourt passengers and collected huge money but will not go with them.

One of those criminals said they can't be reported to the police because police is a syndicate too... In fact, I discovered that all the people we met in the vehicle were part of the team of criminals. The name on the ticket is 'All Roads park'.

I have not had this experience before... Lagos is not as worse as this from my experience. There is a big park beside this people, and nobody is rebuking them from this evil. They extort, hijack and make women weep. It is a terrible business...

How many of us have encountered such?

Help move to FP to inform newbies in that area

;DLast year September myself and a friend experienced this in that same park while returning from a burial in Owerri. They're all criminals.

Alliteration:
Pardon my errors

I traveled yesterday from the southwest to attend a wedding in Owerri. I got to onitsha around 12 noon because of the vehicle. I have been directed to take keke to peace park. I took keke from the park, but the keke guy took I and the lady with me to another pack. On getting there, I was still confused because I didn't see the name 'peace' there. The guys there cut the ticket and wrote 2550 to Owerri... As I was trying to tell him No... Some guys came trying to harass the lady... Creating fear by trying to hijack her bag... So, she ran and said we should pay for the vehicle... The guy took us to the vehicle in disguise that he was trying to protect us saying onitsha is now bad... We paid and met some people in the vehicle.

To cut the story short... That same keke and another kept bringing people for them and they harass them that way. Once u enter that park... U can't go out... U will pay for the ticket under duress. We left there past 2pm....It was later I discovered the driver and vehicle was hijacked too... He was given 1k and they took the rest. The keke guys were positioned for it. They collected double money from some women, made them cry and they paid again. They vehicle was going to owerri, they took bayelsa and Portharcourt passengers and collected huge money but will not go with them.

One of those criminals said they can't be reported to the police because police is a syndicate too... In fact, I discovered that all the people we met in the vehicle were part of the team of criminals. The name on the ticket is 'All Roads park'.

I have not had this experience before... Lagos is not as worse as this from my experience. There is a big park beside this people, and nobody is rebuking them from this evil. They extort, hijack and make women weep. It is a terrible business...

How many of us have encountered such?

Help move to FP to inform newbies in that area

DubaiLandLord:
With this your cute face

Lol, dem no dey do am for face o, else dem go run you street

CharisEleos:
So with all the upheavals going on in the east you still went ahead to risk travelling there?

Well, most people here including me from the East has never and will never encounter such because I chose to stay safe in my house.

I was also shocked on Tuesday when a colleague told me she would be traveling to the east for the summer. I tried to dissuade her but she waved it and told me nothing is happening. Ok!

Sis nothing dey happen,home is safe now forget about all those fake news u hear or see on TV biko

YungMillionaire:
Ndigbo lets blame Tinubu and McOluomo for this.

are you alright?

I wish I can do what deanerys did to kings landing to Nigeria

Eboes will leave their rotten region and be complaining about other regions that are even better than theirs. This thread is what we call COMPLETE exposure. If I hear any Eboe complain about Tinubu again.

ELKHALIFAISIS:
Tribal bigot , Touts in Onitsha are they worst than the one MC Oluomo is grooming in Lagos state under Tinubu directive... hatred for igbos will kill all of unah... no be the same Onitsha I dey pass often

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.

KosiGee:



Why are you so mad? Is my dickhead responsible for your dyslexia?

Have a good life too.

Why are you so foolish?
Does my contribution to this post makes it difficult for me read and write, do you think before typing that out at all?

Take your puerileness away from here.
Dingbat!

Collinsaik:
U wont experience this kind of rubish in the north.. core northerners as wel as southerners in the north have similar mindset of being kind, helpful to wayfarers, strangers . talking from first hand experience.

They are bandits and herdsmen killers there.

Binance:

I am from Uyo, I've traveled that route several times.
While not rulling out possibility of this story, but sorry some part of the story is made up!

It's not