Most motor parks across Nigeria do not only serve
the purpose of loading and offloading
passengers. They also serve several purposes
which people do not know. Research has shown
that major parks in Nigeria turn to mini
international markets at night with different kinds of traders all struggling to sell and also, a
conducive atmosphere for smokers to enjoy
themselves as they feel very comfortable doing
their thing at odd hours. While many people retire to their various homes
in the evening after a stressful day, others are
warming up to come out for their own daily
struggle which could take some up till midnight. The question now is, what could make a human
being deny him/herself the comfort of his/her
home to sell at night? Who are these people
selling to? It will also interest you to know that,
every goods has its market. Not only that they sell
some goods which are mainly fake, motor parks at night is normally a hideout for all kinds of
hardened criminals. Research has also shown that
most rape cases were carried out in the motor
parks. When SATURDAY VANGUARD conducted a research to know why some people would prefer to sell at
night especially in some parks, it was learnt that
most of the people that sell at this time, from
6pm till midnight do that just to avoid registering
with the council. They prefer to settle the Omonile
to enable them do their businesses in the parks and the road sides.
Madam Bose, who sells hot drinks in one of the
parks in Ikotun said that why they normally like to
sell in the night and in the early morning is
because that is when most of their customers
have chance to take the products. “It is not that
we don’t like sleeping and that we prefer to sell in the night but it is when we can sell our goods. Most of our customers are drivers and conductors
and it is only this time that they can sit and have
some drink. They drink in the early morning
before going to work and late in the night after
work. I have been doing this business for the past
three years now and this is the normal time we make much sales. Some people are ashamed to
drink during the day especially, some corporate
workers. They would not want people to see them taking
the product. They come when they feel nobody
will see them. I will tell you that the majority of
my customers here are force people. They drink
so much. They drink before they go to work. I am
living comfortably and taking care of my family from the proceeds I make from my sales,” she
narrated. According to Bose, she also sells outside
the market because, she does not have that kind
of money it costs to register in the market union. Another trader Evans, who sells cloths at Oshodi
market attributed the conversion of motor parks
and road side into markets as work of people
who would not want to follow the normal process
of registering their business with the council and
be paying the normal association’s due attached to such registration. He also warned Nigerians to
stay away from people who make such sells as
most of them sell fake and expired drugs due to
the fact that they cannot be traced. In his words, the 47 year old father of three said, “
I want to warn Nigerians to stay away from such
people who always sells at night. What they sell
are mostly fake. How can a normal person who
believe he/she is genuine prefer to be selling in
the night when it is dark. Ask yourself, what if this person sells poison to
me, would I be able to know him? There is no
address. Because they are not real, that is why
most of them do not want to register in their line
inside the market to sell. They prefer to be settling
all the Agberos outside instead of doing things the way it should,” Evans said. “ The popular Bolade park is normally a different
world in the night as that always serves as a very
good hang out for many hoodlums. “The kind of smoking that goes on in this Bolade
park scares me sometime. You will see children
below 15 years smoking different sizes of
marijuana. The annoying part of the whole story is that,
you’d see police men patrolling the road with
little effort of arresting these delinquents. Night
life here is normally another world entirely. There
is no type of illegal activity that you will not see in
this area as from 6pm. Different gangs of pick pockets operate. Sometimes, when night travelers
going to other States want to come to the park to
book their tickets, some will lose their luggages
to thieves. They also rape girls here sometimes
too,” he said. Another speaker who pleaded anonymity sees no
reason why people should trade in the park
beyond 7pm. He said that anybody who is caught
trading at that point and in the park is illegal and
should be treated as such. “If you go to that park
after 7pm, you will agree with me that anybody in that place at that time is not a human being.
Some people convert the park to their personal
homes. There is no sort of indecent life that you well not
see in the park. Some bath, sleep, and even make
love to girls right there in the park. Rape is a
normal thing in some parks in this state. If they
can do their normal business of buying and
selling, there won’t be any problem with that but, they go beyond that. If you go there during the
night, there is no kind of thing that you will not
see. You will see faeces of different kinds and
sizes”. According to him, all those ladies that hawk hot
drinks in buckets are all bad people. There is no
crime that they cannot commit because, some of
them know all these bad boys. “I know that some
of these ladies, sell marijuana and cocaine. There
is no kind of bad boy that you will not see there.” For Iya Tosin, who is popularly called, Iya by her
customers, she can’t just stop her business of
hawking hot drinks which she has been doing for
a very long time. Irrespective of the fact that most
of her customers might have dubious character,
that does not mean that she should stop her business. “ I cannot stop selling to my customers because,
they have bad character. I don’t know what they
do for a living but, they are my customers. I am
not a thief and I don’t sell marijuana so, I don’t
know what they do for a living. Though some of
us might be dubious , I am not,” Iya Tosin said.
the purpose of loading and offloading
passengers. They also serve several purposes
which people do not know. Research has shown
that major parks in Nigeria turn to mini
international markets at night with different kinds of traders all struggling to sell and also, a
conducive atmosphere for smokers to enjoy
themselves as they feel very comfortable doing
their thing at odd hours. While many people retire to their various homes
in the evening after a stressful day, others are
warming up to come out for their own daily
struggle which could take some up till midnight. The question now is, what could make a human
being deny him/herself the comfort of his/her
home to sell at night? Who are these people
selling to? It will also interest you to know that,
every goods has its market. Not only that they sell
some goods which are mainly fake, motor parks at night is normally a hideout for all kinds of
hardened criminals. Research has also shown that
most rape cases were carried out in the motor
parks. When SATURDAY VANGUARD conducted a research to know why some people would prefer to sell at
night especially in some parks, it was learnt that
most of the people that sell at this time, from
6pm till midnight do that just to avoid registering
with the council. They prefer to settle the Omonile
to enable them do their businesses in the parks and the road sides.
Madam Bose, who sells hot drinks in one of the
parks in Ikotun said that why they normally like to
sell in the night and in the early morning is
because that is when most of their customers
have chance to take the products. “It is not that
we don’t like sleeping and that we prefer to sell in the night but it is when we can sell our goods. Most of our customers are drivers and conductors
and it is only this time that they can sit and have
some drink. They drink in the early morning
before going to work and late in the night after
work. I have been doing this business for the past
three years now and this is the normal time we make much sales. Some people are ashamed to
drink during the day especially, some corporate
workers. They would not want people to see them taking
the product. They come when they feel nobody
will see them. I will tell you that the majority of
my customers here are force people. They drink
so much. They drink before they go to work. I am
living comfortably and taking care of my family from the proceeds I make from my sales,” she
narrated. According to Bose, she also sells outside
the market because, she does not have that kind
of money it costs to register in the market union. Another trader Evans, who sells cloths at Oshodi
market attributed the conversion of motor parks
and road side into markets as work of people
who would not want to follow the normal process
of registering their business with the council and
be paying the normal association’s due attached to such registration. He also warned Nigerians to
stay away from people who make such sells as
most of them sell fake and expired drugs due to
the fact that they cannot be traced. In his words, the 47 year old father of three said, “
I want to warn Nigerians to stay away from such
people who always sells at night. What they sell
are mostly fake. How can a normal person who
believe he/she is genuine prefer to be selling in
the night when it is dark. Ask yourself, what if this person sells poison to
me, would I be able to know him? There is no
address. Because they are not real, that is why
most of them do not want to register in their line
inside the market to sell. They prefer to be settling
all the Agberos outside instead of doing things the way it should,” Evans said. “ The popular Bolade park is normally a different
world in the night as that always serves as a very
good hang out for many hoodlums. “The kind of smoking that goes on in this Bolade
park scares me sometime. You will see children
below 15 years smoking different sizes of
marijuana. The annoying part of the whole story is that,
you’d see police men patrolling the road with
little effort of arresting these delinquents. Night
life here is normally another world entirely. There
is no type of illegal activity that you will not see in
this area as from 6pm. Different gangs of pick pockets operate. Sometimes, when night travelers
going to other States want to come to the park to
book their tickets, some will lose their luggages
to thieves. They also rape girls here sometimes
too,” he said. Another speaker who pleaded anonymity sees no
reason why people should trade in the park
beyond 7pm. He said that anybody who is caught
trading at that point and in the park is illegal and
should be treated as such. “If you go to that park
after 7pm, you will agree with me that anybody in that place at that time is not a human being.
Some people convert the park to their personal
homes. There is no sort of indecent life that you well not
see in the park. Some bath, sleep, and even make
love to girls right there in the park. Rape is a
normal thing in some parks in this state. If they
can do their normal business of buying and
selling, there won’t be any problem with that but, they go beyond that. If you go there during the
night, there is no kind of thing that you will not
see. You will see faeces of different kinds and
sizes”. According to him, all those ladies that hawk hot
drinks in buckets are all bad people. There is no
crime that they cannot commit because, some of
them know all these bad boys. “I know that some
of these ladies, sell marijuana and cocaine. There
is no kind of bad boy that you will not see there.” For Iya Tosin, who is popularly called, Iya by her
customers, she can’t just stop her business of
hawking hot drinks which she has been doing for
a very long time. Irrespective of the fact that most
of her customers might have dubious character,
that does not mean that she should stop her business. “ I cannot stop selling to my customers because,
they have bad character. I don’t know what they
do for a living but, they are my customers. I am
not a thief and I don’t sell marijuana so, I don’t
know what they do for a living. Though some of
us might be dubious , I am not,” Iya Tosin said.
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