Lagos gridlock: Truckers decry brutalisation, extortion by security operatives, area boys

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Truckers  have continued to  decry traumatic experiences from the lingering gridlock on Lagos ports access roads.

Lagos gridlock: Truckers decry brutalisation, extortion by security operatives, area boys
File: Gridlock as tankers shut down Apapa road.

Truckers, a vital component of the logistics supply chain, on Saturday appealed to the Federal and Lagos State Governments to address the situation to save their lives and their means of livelihood.

The haulage operators under the aegis of Containerised Truck Owners (CTO) told newmen in Lagos that they were being extorted  by security agencies while truck drivers were subjected to inhuman conditions.

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They said that long queues encountered by truck drivers negatively affected their health and their vehicles.

CTO is a nascent amalgam of the Association of Maritime Truck Owners (AMATO) and the Container Truck Owners Association of Nigeria (COTOAN).

NAN reports that chieftains of the association have been holding meetings over the gridlock which keeps trucks about a…



Source: Vanguard Newspaper