A OB reader shares his story...
This happened around Idimu-Egbeda, Lagos. I was on my way back home this
morning when I saw a pack of okada men dragging some people out of a
car in front of me, two men and a woman. I was in my car watching,
thinking they must have actually bashed an okada man, as it was the norm
in Lagos state, where an offense against a bike man is an offense
against all the bike men in like 5 communities, they would pack you down
and start harassing you.
So I thought at first, until they
started beating them with woods and sticks, kicking them from all
directions, while some where destroying their car. I had to come down at
this point after carefully packing my car at a safe spot. I managed to
part the crowd, asking what happened, The shout of 'they are kidnappers'
rented the air, so I managed to go into the crowd which was swelling by
the minute to take pix of them. Continue...
