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Xscape1993:
No option for them. The level of extortions in Lagos are too much. The founder of agberos in Nigeria has caused so much damages in the transport sector in Lagos.

That is the informal extortion. Tinubu’s formal extortion is worse.
Have you seen any commensurate change in government schools enrolment and teachers employed to match IGR growth of 83 times, oil revenue at over $100, huge loans and PPP funds?

criminals and government supported extortionist

Agbero collect from bus drivers, bus drivers collect from us. Why the complaint

boom99:
Agbero collect from bus drivers, bus drivers collect from us. Why the complaint

It's too much.

From Oshodi to Mile 2... dem get up to 10 agbero collection

effty:
No be small extortion racket dey go on for Lagos State.

Smart Lagosians obviously like it that way. Otherwise how have they endured it for 24 years

Shehuyinka:
IN Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, agberos fleece the state of billions of naira in transport taxes collected from drivers of commercial buses, tricycles and motorcycles.

There are 75,000 commercial buses (danfos) in Lagos, according to the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) estimates.

Each commercial vehicle driver pays at least N3,000 to agberos, also known as ticket touts, every day, according to oral testimonies obtained by this reporter from more than 50 commercial bus drivers in 21 out of 37 local council development authorities (LCDAs) in Lagos.

This means that these drivers pay N225 million each day, N6.75 billion each month, and N82.125 billion each year to agberos in Lagos.

That is not all. There are at least 50,000 tricycles (Keke Marwas) in Lagos, according to a 2020 report by Techcabal – Never mind the Lagos State government’s recent ban, which is just a mere pronouncement.

The reporter had earlier done a story on how local government officials steal government taxes/levies.

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More than 60 tricycle drivers in 21 LCDAs in the commercial city told this reporter that they paid at least N1,800 to agberos each day. This is just a conservative estimate.

This, therefore, means that each day, agberos walk off with N90 million from transport taxes collected from tricycle drivers. Every month, their pay reaches N2.7 billion, rising further to N32.85 billion every year.

The average collection, however, is higher in Mushin (N2,500 – N3300), Isolo (N1,900-N2,200), Oshodi (N1800-N2,300), Coker/Aguda (N2200-N3,000) Itire/ Ikate (N2,200 -N3,200), Iru-Victoria(N2,300-N3,200), Ikeja (N2200- N2500), and Onigbongbo (N2200-N3,000) LCDAs, among others, the investigation showed.

But Danfos and Keke Marwas are not the only means of land transportation in Lagos. Never mind the Lagos State government’s pretense on motorcycle (Okada) ban, members of the Motorcycle Operators’ Association of Lagos State (MOALS) told this reporter that there were no fewer than 1000 motorcycles in each LCDA in the state.

During interviews with motorcycle riders in Lagos that spanned two months, the reporter was told that each motorcyclist must hand out N400 and N800 each day to agberos. Based on interviews with tricycle riders in 21 LCDAs in Lagos, this reporter arrived at an average spend of N600 per day.

Commercial motorcyclists or Okadas ply all the roads in the state except areas where there are some restrictions such as some parts of Eti Osa East LCDA and Ikoyi area of Ikoyi/Obalende LCDA. To avoid duplication, the reporter only considered 37 LCDAs in Lagos.

For clarity, there are 37 LCDAs and 20 local government areas in Lagos. The LCDAs are part of the larger local government areas. For instance, Isolo is an LCDA under Oshodi Local Government Area.

Going by the figure provided by MOALS members to the reporter, there are 37,000 commercial motorcycles in Nigeria’s commercial hub. By implication, motorcycle riders pay N22.2 million to agberos each day, N666 million each month, and N8.103 billion each year.

READ MORE HERE: https://www.icirnigeria.org/money-for-the-boys-how-agberos-pocket-billions-of-lagos-transport-revenue/

[quote author= post=118217576]SECONDED!
We are happy these evil vices are coming to the end at last.

SAY NO TO THUGGERY!!

A better Nigeria all around is all we want at [b][/b].
[/quote]Smiles...


The urchins are supporting the chief agbero and the most tribalistic bitter soul from the WASTE is talking about better Nigeria with somebody like him in it.

It is possible for Satan to love than average urchin to love.

Why won't he? The same people he would need to influence the the outcome of elections in Lagos state.

It is a welcome development

Meanwhile check my bio for bio gas class

I Can’t Imagine What Tinubu Presidency Will Look Like.
Just Imagine MC Oluomo With Presidential Protection
God Forbid BATing

CanineOfJackal:
They only suspended it because of Tinubu presidential ambition.

The drivers are not voting Tinubu because they know that Tinubu is a threat to their lives.

Tinubu ma lule

O ti lulę already. Announcement ati concession call loku.

Jokerman:
It's too much.

From Oshodi to Mile 2... dem get up to 10 agbero collection

The drivers too no dey pity us. The way conductor shout for me the other day just because I price bus fare. Na me cause him problem?

Antoeni:
I Can’t Imagine What Tinubu Presidency Will Look Like.
Just Imagine MC Oluomo With Presidential Protection
God Forbid BATing

And the people of the Lord said a loud Amen.
The BATman and his urchins can be church rats eating poisoned Holy Communion after their Emilokan loss.

Humn! Just imagine the extortion that have been going on all along by Tinubu’s thugs and miscreants.

igahdavid:
Only in Nigeria, where people that don't own or drive commercial vehicles, will form an Association and Lord over drivers and owners of commercial vehicles.

Only in Lagos oooo....


City of thugs..
.

I See End LASTMA Loading...............
Soon

Nobody is talking about the house rent that is out of this world. To survive in Lagos you need 9lives

donaldking100:
Unfortunately lagosians & most yorubas are not yet ready to liberate themselves from Emperor Tinubu, just like Edo State liberated themselves from Oshiomole, & Imo State liberated themselves from Rochas.
I must confess that the most useless opposition in the history of Lagos State election is P.D.P.
The only man who could have comfortably won the governorship election for P.D.P in Lagos State would have been Ambode.
But instead of looking for ways to lure Ambode into P.D.P & making him their governorship flag bearer, they instead decided to choose clowns & comedians like Jandor & Funke.
I am anti A.P.C, but unfortunately the truth is A.P.C is obviously going to win Lagos State again, & nothing can be done about it.

Forget about the gubernatorial election.
The bastards currently occupying Senate and HOR, are useless Tinubu urchins. Those bastards will never do anything to move against the drug baron.
Lagosians need to vote them out.

After Sanwo-olu’s 8 years, APC will not return to that seat.

[quote author= post=118217576]SECONDED!
We are happy these evil vices are coming to the end at last.

SAY NO TO THUGGERY!!

A better Nigeria all around is all we want at [b][/b].
[/quote]

The government

They will return to status quo if tinubu should be elected See the 25 man committe sanwo Olu constituted for the parks and management committee they are all Muslim. a vote for tinubu is a vote for Islamization Agenda. Please vote Peter Obi for a better Nigeria we can’t continue like this.

DadaHammed:
If not for the internet and social media, many people wouldn't have known that these agbero urchins and thugs in Lagos work hand in gloves with the government.

Social media is truly revealing.

Very true. Yet some urchins that are affected dont want to talk because of their godfather. Imagine literates siding the agberos because they want Apc to win forgetting tinubu is fully in support of their suffering. Some people's education is a total waste

igahdavid:
Only in Nigeria, where people that don't own or drive commercial vehicles, will form an Association and Lord over drivers and owners of commercial vehicles.

point of correction, only in Lagos and not nigeria.

[quote author=Bontafa post=118213477]Reasonable people know this .

At least if you were lucky to have even a one room to your name back then it is better.

Today the level of extortion in Lagos , you can't save up to build a one room if you do a low income job.

And who is to thank for this madness.



The way wey una take carry tinubu matter for head , if to say naso una take carry una governors matter for head , yeast would have been more developed that this !

Tinubu dis tinubu that , dem swear for una ?

Xscape1993:
No option for them. The level of extortions in Lagos are too much. The founder of agberos in Nigeria has caused so much damages in the transport sector in Lagos.

how the yorubas moved from Awolowo to oluomo should be studied in the universities.

donaldking100:
Unfortunately lagosians & most yorubas are not yet ready to liberate themselves from Emperor Tinubu, just like Edo State liberated themselves from Oshiomole, & Imo State liberated themselves from Rochas.
I must confess that the most useless opposition in the history of Lagos State election is P.D.P.
The only man who could have comfortably won the governorship election for P.D.P in Lagos State would have been Ambode.
But instead of looking for ways to lure Ambode into P.D.P & making him their governorship flag bearer, they instead decided to choose clowns & comedians like Jandor & Funke.
I am anti A.P.C, but unfortunately the truth is A.P.C is obviously going to win Lagos State again, & nothing can be done about it.

Look at the qualifications of GRV of the Labour Party. With LP and Peter Obi momentum, we can unseat the Lagos landlord. Join us

dangermouse:
Tale of of a Nigerian acclaimed mega city. U can never witness this extortion in any state domiciled in the Nigerian state excerpt #Lagos state, and with full backing of the state machineries. Its shameful and counter productive. The masses are groaning under the weight of exorbitant transport fares caused by the activities of these louts. Yoruba roonu!

A beg make hear something! Have you ever traveled outside Lagos! Granted extortion in Lagos is high but this is a problem all over Nigeria. In places like Warri it is called "deve" you do nothing without paying it, in places like Port Harcourt it is called "marching ground".
Go to Aba and see the level of extortion.
To mention just few.
It is only in the North that is a bit better.
To all the people blaming Tinubu, extortion has being a problem in Lagos even before Tinubu was "born".. they all shout Tinubu because of the hatered they have for him and they are mostly Igbos. They will be shouting Tinubu all over as if extortion doesn't happen in their own states.
I am not saying extortion is right, it is wrong it affected me in so many ways but we should set things straight.
Extortion is domicile all over Nigeria, it is a national problem.

Xscape1993:
No option for them. The level of extortions in Lagos are too much. The founder of agberos in Nigeria has caused so much damages in the transport sector in Lagos.

Please who is the founder of agberos in Lagos?