Some commuters were left stranded this morning as commercial bus drivers under the aegis of the Joint Drivers Welfare Association of Nigeria, began a seven-day boycott of Lagos roads.
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The drivers are protesting the alleged extortion by men of the motor parks and garages management in the state.
In a statement jointly signed by its chairman, Opeyemi Sulaiman and secretary Ajimatanarareje Feyisayo, the protesting drivers decried the “indiscriminate extortion and violent harassment” by transport agencies, thugs, the police, and Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA).
JDWAN particularly complained about the actions of Lagos State Parks and Garages Management Committee members headed by Musiliu Akinsanya, better known as MC Oluomo, ex-chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW).
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