The strike by Keke-Napep drivers \u2013 which started on Wednesday \u2212 has left residents dead on their feet.<\/p>\n
The tricycle drivers are protesting against \u201charassment\u201d by public officials.<\/p>\n
They said revenue officials had increased daily taxes and had even asked to see the drivers\u2019 licences, which was not part of their job.<\/p>\n
But the \u201cpeaceful protest\u201d has left many residents of Maiduguri stranded.<\/p>\n
Ya Kolo Ba\u2019ana said she had to walk 3km to get from Arinmari to Monday Market. Normally she would take a tricycle taxi.<\/p>\n
Many other residents said there was nothing they could do. They had to walk to work or to the shops \u2212 or stay stranded at home.<\/p>\n
Resident Ali Mustapha said some tricycle drivers in London Ciki and Ngomari Costin had destroyed a revenue collector\u2019s car and another was nearly killed when angry youths attacked him. He was saved when police intervened.<\/p>\n
Mustapha said the government needed to investigate to avoid the chaos caused by the strikers.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had to escort my family from Kawar Maila to the post office where they could get a bus to \u00a0travel to Yobe State for a funeral. The strike has really hit us hard,\u201d Mustapha said.<\/p>\n
Bukar Modu, the secretary of the tricycle drivers\u2019 association in Borno State, said he was not aware of the strike and he would investigate the matter.<\/p>\n
Muhammed Grema, a tricycle driver who refused to join the strike, said: \u201cI need the money. I have to work to put food on my table and that\u2019s why I decided not to join the protest.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said many residents of Maiduguri were very poor, adding that the public officials should help to make life easier and not more difficult for those living in poverty.<\/p>\n
But, he said, the protesters should not take the law into their hands, especially some of the youth who were angry about the revenue collectors demanding to see tricycle drivers\u2019 licences and who had attacked the officials.<\/p>\n
Many of Keke-Napap drivers believed they should have been given notice a month or two in advance so that they could have complied with the regulations.<\/p>\n
Some residents agreed that public officials should investigate tricycle drivers. They said there were under-age people operating the Keke-Napep and many had caused accidents. They claimed some of the tricycle drivers had even stolen from them.<\/p>\n
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