Lagos commuters stranded as bus drivers protest alleged extortion by police, LASTMA, others

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Commuters travelling along the Iyana-Ipaja/Iyana-Iba axis of Lagos have been left stranded following a strike by commercial bus drivers protesting alleged extortion by law enforcement and transport regulatory agencies. The drivers, according to findings, stopped operations along the route over what they described as persistent and increasing demands for money by officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, the Police, the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, and me