Mile 2/Badagry Road: Where touts extort, attack motorists, vandalise vehicles
•We are at the mercy of area boys in Lagos, Commercial bus drivers lament THE acclaimed Centre of Excellence in Nigeria is, ironically, turning into a city of touts and hoodlums. The mega city has fast degenerated into a chaotic mess with weapon-wielding touts and hoodlums holding sway. Their nefarious activities are felt in major areas of the city especially along the ever-busy Mile 2 - Badagry expressway, LASU-Iba - Iyana Ipaja- Abule-Egba road. Attack with long sticks, pipes It is now a common sight to see touts wielding long sticks and pipes on major roads as well as entrances to major streets, extorting transporters. Some of them dress up in uniforms with the inscription Up road super, while others simply go on mufti. However, both the ones in uniform and those in mufti, all carry out the same violent activities as they seem to be above the law. Unfortunately, commercial bus drivers and conductors are majorly at the receiving end of the activities of these ...