After what appeared like a lull in their operations’, touts have bounced back in Lagos operating on a high gear.

The Tide Business Check at Apapa, Ojo and Surulere areas of Lagos State see the touts forcefully collecting levies at bus stop 3 from commercial bus drivers.

The Tide investigations revealed that about twelve conductors were beaten to coma at Iyana-Iba bus stop along Badagry Mile II Expressway within Tuesday and Friday last week by the motor touts otherwise called Agberos.

Operators of coastal buses attributed the brutality of drivers and conductors by touts in Lagos to government’s inability to control them in the state.

A commercial bus driver who simply identified himself as Seun accused the boy’s touts of making returns to the state government and the Area commanders of Nigeria Police of their respective zones that runs into millions”.

“The government is with them Mr Journalist forgets about the matter, no solution, we have demonstrated to the Government House, Alausa and no result”. All we see is a clamped down on our members into detention by the police force acting under the state government instruction”, Seun said.

Recently, the Lagos State Government ordered commercial bus drivers operating in the state to stop making payment in form of levies to motor park touts.

Lagos Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Prince Rotimi Agunsoye who gave the order, while addressing journalists in Lagos, warned against intimidation of motorists by impostors on the streets who disguise as local government traffic officials.

He explained further, that no person group or organisation has the statutory right to collect any form of levy from motorists in Lagos State without due authorisation from relevant agencies of government, adding that apart from some consultants who collect levies on behalf of local government and pay same into council accounts, all payment should be paid through the banks.