Air travellers and other airport users who drive to both domestic and international terminals of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport , Lagos may become victims of the numerous towing companies engaged by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria , as they have devised illicit ways to extort money from motorists.
What they do now is to set traps for motorists and those who inadvertently fall into the traps become their victims and they are made to pay huge fines and the usually insist on cash payment. As the worker is talking to him, the towing van would approach the car and block it and they would quickly clamp chains on it and drive it to one of the two major locations they park such vehicle until the owner paid the fine.
“As I lifted my face from my phone, I saw the towing van approaching my vehicle in reverse and blocked me. They did not even talk to me until after they have clamped on my vehicle. I protested that I was at a car park. They asked what I was doing there on a Saturday. It became obvious to me that they have gone overboard, doing whatever they want.