The Digest
A Lagos State resident and content creator, Onyinyechi Nwachukwu, has alleged harassment by a female staff member of the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) for filming the plight of commuters facing long BRT queues with few available buses. Since Monday, Nwachukwu has documented her daily experience traveling from Ikorodu to the Island, showing queues as early as 6 am with commuters waiting hours for buses. On Tuesday, officials warned her to stop. On Wednesday, a video captured a LAMATA worker threatening, "Don't make any video today o. If you make any video today, I will seize your phone. I'm not joking." When Nwachukwu refused, the worker grabbed her bag and told her, "Tell your daddy to buy a bus here. Are you mad?" When contacted, Lagos Information Commissioner Gbenga Omotosho questioned the number of buses and suggested the commuters report harassment to police, adding: "People want to play to the gallery and be dramatic."
Key Points
- Resident films long BRT queues with few buses, exposing commuter hardship.
- LAMATA staff threaten to seize the phone and physically grab the bag.
- The worker tells her, "Tell your daddy to buy a bus here. Are you mad?"
- Commissioner says report to police, suggests she's "playing to the gallery."
- Videos go viral, sparking outrage over harassment and the transport crisis.
A woman filming long bus queues is grabbed, threatened, and told to buy her own bus. Lagos commuters face not just a transport crisis, but official silencing when they dare to show it.
Sources: Social Media Videos, FIJ Report
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