Tanker drivers plying the Apapa road have decried the inhumane treatment and torture meted out to them by some naval officers, who they allege extort huge sums of money from them daily before their excruciating movement inwards the port.
This came on the heels of two drivers who were handcuffed to a truck in the scotching sun at the weekend by a naval officer after allegedly brutalizing them in the bid to extort money from them. The Guardian gathered that almost all the tanker and truck drivers face similar situations everyday if they refuse to pay between N150,000 and N200,000 before they can proceed to the port.
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