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BREAKING: I want everyone on X to hear this, Never Leave this earth without knowing Jesus. Pass it on until it gets to every living thing on X.

Cancer is not a respecter of money. You can have all the money in the world and still be unalived by one useless cancer.

Follow up on my experience as a Keke rider; After my last post, many people messaged me saying, “Ahh, we didn’t even know it was this deep.” But honestly… I still didn’t finish talking. Let me expose another side 👇🏽 STICKERS. In this job, you don’t just drive… You survive by stickers. In Lagos State, you must buy: • Local Government sticker • State sticker • Zone sticker • Plus 2–3 others depending on your park chairman’s “decision” Each one? Minimum ₦2,000 and above And it doesn’t end there. Last year, they introduced another one: ₦10,000 sticker ₦2,000 registration Compulsory membership ID If you don’t have it? NURTW taskforce will stop you. You’ll pay ₦10,000… and still won’t be given the sticker. Another one catches you again? You pay again. Until you finally “comply.” Tell me… is that business or punishment? — Now come to Ogun State… It’s even another level. You have 3 different unions: • TORAN (Tricycle Owners & Riders Association of Nigeria) • TWORA (Three Wheeled Owners Riders Association) • ROTO (Riders and Owners of Tricycles and Trikes of Ogun State) Each one has its own taskforce. Each one has its own sticker. Each one must be settled. Then add: • Hackney Permit (state own) Each sticker? ₦2,500+ And if you don’t buy early in January? Price jumps to ₦5k – ₦7k per sticker Same sticker. Different price. No explanation. — Let me shock you more: A ticket that clearly says ₦200… You’ll end up paying ₦1,000+ No receipt. No accountability. Just pressure. — Some junctions in Ogun? Police will stand there like toll gate. You pass → you pay They give you number That number now becomes your “evidence” that you’ve paid. Miss that point? Another officer will collect again. — And people still say: “Just work hard.” — Let me add what many transporters face daily (not just me): • Harassment and intimidation by taskforces and unions • Multiple illegal levies and duplicate tickets everywhere • Union extortion without real support when accidents happen • Rival unions fighting and forcing riders to pay different groups • Violence, threats, and clashes within the system itself So it’s not just “your area”… It’s a nationwide problem. — Now the painful truth: Many of these people doing this… Are backed by power. Which is why it continues. — But what can we do? We cannot keep quiet forever. Here are realistic steps I would advice if possible though not realistic: 1. Document everything Record, take pictures, keep evidence. Silence is what keeps this system alive. 2. Push for single-ticket system One verified daily payment. Not 10 different collections. 3. Digital receipts If payment is real, it should be traceable. 4. Government accountability If unions are working with government, then government must regulate them. 5. Driver unity The biggest truth: Division is their strongest weapon. 6. Public awareness Passengers need to understand why transport costs are rising. — Because at this point… This is no longer “transport work.” It’s survival inside a system designed to drain you. — I’m not writing this for pity. I’m writing this so people understand: When you see a keke rider on the road… You’re not just seeing a driver. You’re seeing someone battling: The system The unions The road And life itself All at once. — Respect the hustle. It’s deeper than you think.

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45k room in Lagos hotel, and they said I can’t eat out, food and drinks has to be frok them. We moved this morning to a different one, booked online. 56k, we got here, no light, no water. We should wait till 1pm. For these amounts, in Uyo, manager fit gimme him babe.