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Airport link bridge: Bus drivers protest Lagos Taskforce extortion

By Guardian Exclusive
27 August 2021   |   9:00 am
Drivers of commercial buses, popularly called ‘Danfo', along the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, are protesting over the incessant extortion they face from state officials. They are accusing the men of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences Unit (Task Force) and officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) of extortion.

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