COLONIALISM, AGBERO OVER COMMERCIAL BUS DRIVERS

Are we under the colonial masters? Was the question, that pop up boldly in my mind witnessing the brutal act of injustice melted out on a commercial bus conductor at the popular Ikorodu roundabout garage/park. The garage boys popularly call "Agbero" who was said to had just resume afternoon duty to collect booking money from the Lagos colour commercial buses, in the quest to make enough money and even out run what his colleague that handed him the batting had remitted. He summoned all his strength into action, became aggressive with conductors, he refuse to take a no for an answer, "you must drop something was his preferred slogan", within the hour, he was already counting thousands, so he increase his tempo with whisky of the brand named Yahoo and crown it with two sticks of cigarette. His eye became like a pool of blood, voice turned bass and louder and ready to give the job a good shot. His victim arrived the scene, ketu! Ketu!, the conductor calling passengers, (ketu! Two more chance) on hearing that, the iron man, (Agbero) swings into action approached the conductor, Owo mi da? ( where is my money), the conductor replied, this is my first trip i don’t have any money now But on my second trip i will pay you. The response wasn't good enough for the Agbero hearing, i will give you jabs o! (agbero) The conductor pleaded, please be patients till my next trip. the next thing was blood gushing down the conductors mouth after three hard punches and two of his teeth flew into the air. Trust Lagosians, people gathered immediately expecting more actions of the unpleasant scene hoped to get a good picture of the part two. Other area boys stormed the scene took the iron man and the conductor to the inner chamber to meet their chairman for settlement.

Then i ask myself after a short silence, what is our environment turning into? What was brought to play during the Colonial masters, our parent pay taxes by force after all sought of maltreatment is still ruminating in the blood of some Nigerians. Two teeth lost for nothing, what an injustice. What is our government doing concerning this social menace.

How long would the act continue? Is their activities legal? Should agency be set up to cater for drivers and conductors? Or better still scrap Agbero, what is your take on this?