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| Ratel Member Cries Out As Lagos Touts Demand Money Before Community Clean-up by Glimpsetv(op): 6:53pm On Nov 30, 2025 |
A member of the Ratel movement has raised concerns after some touts in Lagos demanded money before allowing volunteers to carry out their cleaning activities. The popular human rights activist known as VeryDarkMan started a monthly nationwide community clean-up initiative. Volunteers from the Ratel movement have been working across Nigeria to keep public spaces clean. The operation, which began a few days ago, has seen success in several cities. However, in Lagos, members of the movement have faced challenges from street touts (also called "area boys" who demanded payment before permitting the volunteers to clean public areas. A tense confrontation almost escalated into a fight as both sides kept pushing each other. Towards the end of the video, one of the Ratel volunteers was heard telling a tout to step back, saying his gangs at the back had already been paid.Watch the tough confrontation unfold in the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRnMF3z1ofE?si=_g95oJpMEk3Fmngr
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| Re: Ratel Member Cries Out As Lagos Touts Demand Money Before Community Clean-up by lawalosky(m): 12:22pm On Dec 02, 2025 |
Let them call vdm Please don't make racist and tribalistic comments on this section |
| Re: Ratel Member Cries Out As Lagos Touts Demand Money Before Community Clean-up by kerry57: 12:23pm On Dec 02, 2025 |
That is eko for you. The guts that thiese guys have is unimaginable. The govt just decided to give a blind eye to them to continue to be a menace to the society. |
| Re: Ratel Member Cries Out As Lagos Touts Demand Money Before Community Clean-up by Mitsurugi(m): 12:23pm On Dec 02, 2025 |
ibechris:As per e shock me. Make person pay you to clean your own house? And yet na their online egbon go quick vex when you say Lagos is dirty. yarimo I greet o. Abeg call ya people to order. |
| Re: Ratel Member Cries Out As Lagos Touts Demand Money Before Community Clean-up by cerowo(f): 12:23pm On Dec 02, 2025 |
Just look at that tout scary face ![]() |
| Re: Ratel Member Cries Out As Lagos Touts Demand Money Before Community Clean-up by SmartPolician: 12:23pm On Dec 02, 2025*. Modified: 6:01pm On Dec 02, 2025 |
If this actually happened, one can now conclude that there's no manner of nonsense that doesn't happen in this country! That's why Donald Trump called it a disgraced country! |
| Re: Ratel Member Cries Out As Lagos Touts Demand Money Before Community Clean-up by bigdammyj: 12:23pm On Dec 02, 2025 |
Noted. more characters needed |
| Re: Ratel Member Cries Out As Lagos Touts Demand Money Before Community Clean-up by newnigerdelta1: 12:25pm On Dec 02, 2025 |
Glimpsetv:Both the so-called ratels and the touts are same people, because last last na money ratels dey find all in the name of volunteering job all na local formats |
| Re: Ratel Member Cries Out As Lagos Touts Demand Money Before Community Clean-up by Memphitz357: 12:26pm On Dec 02, 2025 |
kerry57:Na Bola Ahmed Tinubu empower them naaaa. These touts have been a menace in Lagos since 1999 |
| Re: Ratel Member Cries Out As Lagos Touts Demand Money Before Community Clean-up by shortgun(m): 12:26pm On Dec 02, 2025 |
Tinubu's legacy, that's exactly what's he's replicating as president |
| Re: Ratel Member Cries Out As Lagos Touts Demand Money Before Community Clean-up by Drsnives(m): 12:27pm On Dec 02, 2025 |
Disgraced people Disgraced city |
| Re: Ratel Member Cries Out As Lagos Touts Demand Money Before Community Clean-up by Firstcitizen: 12:29pm On Dec 02, 2025 |
The tout face funny me die ![]()
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| Re: Ratel Member Cries Out As Lagos Touts Demand Money Before Community Clean-up by matify83: 12:30pm On Dec 02, 2025 |
These street urchins are a blight to the growth of a modern mega city. They only have a 4 yearly relevance after which they are potential criminals awaiting their crimes. Democracy seems to have been the catalyst for their exponential growth in Nigeria. |
| Re: Ratel Member Cries Out As Lagos Touts Demand Money Before Community Clean-up by MEGAWATCH: 12:31pm On Dec 02, 2025 |
Each time the keep boasting of building mega city, I will just laugh it off. Building mega city surrounded by street urchins and criminals who are allowed to extort money from citizens and guest of the alleged mega city. This must be a joke of a mega city. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 |
| Re: Ratel Member Cries Out As Lagos Touts Demand Money Before Community Clean-up by ufotunang: 12:31pm On Dec 02, 2025 |
See what hunger and hardship had caused |
| Re: Ratel Member Cries Out As Lagos Touts Demand Money Before Community Clean-up by thisisit: 12:35pm On Dec 02, 2025 |
LAGOS IS INFESTED WITH INSTITUTIONALIZED TOUTS, THUGS AND AGBERO!! LAGOS IS INFESTED WITH YORUBA AND IGBO TRIBAL BIGOTS AND XENOPHOBICS LAGOS IS THE LEAST LIVEABLE CITY IN SOUTHERN NIGERIA IBADAN IS FAIRLY OKAY!!!! |
| Re: Ratel Member Cries Out As Lagos Touts Demand Money Before Community Clean-up by Ofunaofu: 12:35pm On Dec 02, 2025*. Modified: 5:43pm On Dec 02, 2025 |
This is the legacy Tinubu left behind |
| Re: Ratel Member Cries Out As Lagos Touts Demand Money Before Community Clean-up by Dididrumz(m): 12:36pm On Dec 02, 2025 |
Touts are a menace for society. And government doesn't really care about these sets of people at all. |
| Re: Ratel Member Cries Out As Lagos Touts Demand Money Before Community Clean-up by prinsam30: 12:38pm On Dec 02, 2025 |
Tinubu is the coz of all this, he gave too much power these people and they misbehaving anyhow |
| Re: Ratel Member Cries Out As Lagos Touts Demand Money Before Community Clean-up by prinsam30: 12:40pm On Dec 02, 2025 |
newnigerdelta1:U see where ur thinking faculty dey carry u go, u dey misyan aswear |
| Re: Ratel Member Cries Out As Lagos Touts Demand Money Before Community Clean-up by iLegendd(m): 12:43pm On Dec 02, 2025 |
newnigerdelta1:You sound like a retired scammer. |
| Re: Ratel Member Cries Out As Lagos Touts Demand Money Before Community Clean-up by ufotunang: 12:44pm On Dec 02, 2025 |
We have to control our population and birth rate in Nigeria... the youthful population is up to 150 million youths... and how many of these youths in this 150 million are engaged or working ..many youths are idle... and an idle mind is the devil's workshop..population growth is growing more faster than the economy growth... Nigeria birth rate everyday.. daily is 20,000 and more everyday..20,000 babies given birth everyday..we have to control the population and our birth rate |
| Re: Ratel Member Cries Out As Lagos Touts Demand Money Before Community Clean-up by FutureFocus: 12:45pm On Dec 02, 2025 |
If your car run out of fuel in some area and you went to get fuel with Jerry can, they will ask you to settle before you can pure the fuel that you bought with your own money, in your own car on a public road, if you divert to inner street during heavy traffic, they will ask you to pay before you can pass their street |
| Re: Ratel Member Cries Out As Lagos Touts Demand Money Before Community Clean-up by Klington: 12:45pm On Dec 02, 2025 |
Slaves that love their chains so much. Tinubu induced slavery. That's what they mean when they say he built Lagos |
| Re: Ratel Member Cries Out As Lagos Touts Demand Money Before Community Clean-up by 3fighting: 12:47pm On Dec 02, 2025 |
Firstcitizen:na so Mc O start ooo no joy 4 him face even people wey send am de chop pass am. He done reach him turn ![]() |
| Re: Ratel Member Cries Out As Lagos Touts Demand Money Before Community Clean-up by BodePolScience: 12:48pm On Dec 02, 2025 |
Illiteracy is a disease indeed. I'm sure those touts were the one shouting Jagaban lo le se (it's only Jagaban that can do it). |
| Re: Ratel Member Cries Out As Lagos Touts Demand Money Before Community Clean-up by TGreatGatsby: 12:48pm On Dec 02, 2025 |
Tilumpu boyz brainless & lawless that's why they need his kind in power. |
| Re: Ratel Member Cries Out As Lagos Touts Demand Money Before Community Clean-up by cucumbar: 12:51pm On Dec 02, 2025 |
Glimpsetv:Lagos, land of touts! 😁 No wonder Lagos smells. After some people here will be comparing Lagos to Capetown. |
| Re: Ratel Member Cries Out As Lagos Touts Demand Money Before Community Clean-up by lezz(m): 12:52pm On Dec 02, 2025 |
I think one of the laziest and laid-back demographic in Nigeria is the South West and some tribes in the south south in Delta south and Delta central |
| Re: Ratel Member Cries Out As Lagos Touts Demand Money Before Community Clean-up by yesloaded: 12:54pm On Dec 02, 2025 |
Lacks Agbero go charge for walking with your leg |
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who demanded payment before permitting the volunteers to clean public areas. A tense confrontation almost escalated into a fight as both sides kept pushing each other. Towards the end of the video, one of the Ratel volunteers was heard telling a tout to step back, saying his gangs at the back had already been paid.