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The management of Akwa Ibom Transport Company Limited, Lagos office, has warned intending travellers about the activities of fake transport operators masquerading as its officials.
It said the impostors had painted their buses with the same colour as the organisation and with the inscription of Government of Akwa Ibom State in the front.
It said the illegal operators had been causing confusion, problems and embarrassment to AKTC, the original and licensed operator.
The Manager, Lagos office, Mr. Anietie Essien, told PUNCH Metro on Saturday that he was shocked to see another set of AKTC buses at different locations in Lagos loading.
He described the development as an abuse, assault and intrusion by the touts to transport industry.Essien called on the relevant authorities in the state to bring the impostors to justice.
He also advised intending travellers, who desired to travel by AKTC, to always board buses at the park to avoid being robbed or duped.
Essien said, “If we are not known, well-organised and licensed by the Akwa Ibom Government, I do not know what could have happened. Right now, I am talking to you, I do not know what is the impression of the members of the public on this matter.
“But be that as it may, we would stand and keep to our professional standards, ethics and policy.”
He added that since the coming of the fake AKTC buses to Lagos a few weeks ago, there had been a series of complaints from members of the public, especially travellers.
He stated, “On return to Lagos, a lot of passengers came to lodge complaints on a series of negative attitudes by operators of the fake buses to us.
“We demanded their tickets for checks. But they presented something different from the ones we issued. We showed them our original tickets. It was then they realised that it was not the original AKTC bus.” On measures so far taken, Essien said he had reported the development to the organisation’s headquarters in Uyo.
He called on the Akwa Ibom State Government and other relevant agencies in charge of transportation in Lagos State to step in to avoid the breakdown of law and order.
Findings by PUNCH Metro showed that the fake transport operators usually operated from under the bridges, particularly under Ojuelegba Bridge near AKTC Park early in the morning.
It was further learnt that some of the operators were allegedly former employees of AKTC whose appointments had been terminated for wrongdoings.
One of the operators, who declined to give his name, is assisting the company with useful information on the illegal operators.
Culled from Punch Metro Nigeria.
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