Now that robbers are using taxify/Uber how do we ensure our security and safety?

Innovation and technology are great and fantastic, they bring ease and helps to ensure safety/security too in many ways. Unlike how it used to obtain before when the regular types of taxis used to reign supreme and because of how important they thought they were used to act like the lords of the manor, most often outrightly rude and uncompromising, especially with their dirty and not necessarily in great shape cabs. But with the advent of Uber and Taxify and others like them, their wings (that's talking about the regular taxis) were clipped. At least now they try to be on their best behaviour.knowing now that the customer is king.

Now one part of the reason why these newer, more efficient, more innovative means of transport and movement were eagerly embraced and adopted, which is safety and security has now become a growing source of concern and it is worrying and something should quickly be done, before it becomes something far more alarming. Reason for the noise now about safety and security is because, things in Nigeria are like trends or fads, once it is done and someone is successful at it, it readily becomes the norm and it is adopted and others would just readily adopt or copy same and it becomes the in-thing, the vogue. Just like pure water.

The safety of the passengers that takes this rides needs to be the most important thing and it must not be compromised in the slightest. Apparently a few days back, a lady ordered or better still requested for one of these rides and then she was robbed in a dastardly manner by the driver of the ride, who inflicted injury on the very dazed lady as she was left bleeding profusely from her head, that's after all her belongings were stolen from her and she was abandoned on the road!!! It took an innocent God-sent passerby, who was kind enough to stop and rescue her by rushing her to Reddington Hospital to forestall, what could have turned more worse as the dazed lady who couldn't talk was obviously in shock and bleeding.

What if the evil driver had driven her to a secluded spot and raped and killed her? What if he had been a kidnapper? What if he was a member of a ritualist gang? What if???? Many ifs that needs good answers!!!!

How do we ensure our own safety & security in the face of technology and innovation? What can be done, or should we do to act as a deterrent???

More after the break.

NEAR KIDNAP ESCAPE IN TAXIFY BY NOLLYWOOD'S OWN SHOLA FAPSON

Dorcas Shola Fapson

When Uber, Taxify, Oga Taxi and co came on board, it was sheer relief for everyone world over, especially in Nigeria, where the Yellow taxies had held sway for so many years and had developed themselves into lords of the manor, who couldn't be questioned. Those taxi cab people can be so rude, like they were doing you a favour!

Normally it is supposed to be a buyers market, where the customer (rider) is supposed to be king, but the way the old yellow taxis ran, they called the shot and woe betide you that you don't agree or you 'll just be stranded till you find a way out. So when the 3 major brands above-first was "Uber", next was "Taxify" and then "Oga Taxi" came on board and with others still coming, it was a major sigh of unprecedented relief, especially with what they all offered-neatness, convenience, technology, ease, safety, security and whatever else, especially the right sequence, which was to return back the power to the buyer/consumer. He/she that pays the Piper actually now dictates the tune in the real sense of it.

But now, two of those things that sells the service being offered, are being called to question and that in particular are.......... SAFETY & Security!

How does one guard against being kidnapped in a Taxify, Uber or Oga Taxi? How can one deter the thoughts of rape and robbery?

Just imagine that the young (27 year old), creatively blessed and beautiful Nollywood actress & model, Dorcas Shola FAPSON, who is the Ndani TV "The Juice" host, and also of the Queen's Fiction fame and also of the Shuga series fame, by the grace of God, actually just escaped from being kidnapped and probably raped by a Taxify driver whose picture is above, who had first driven her to a wrong address (random house) and had unsuccessful tried to drag her out of the his car into the house! 

Hear her-

"THIS TAXIFY JUST FUVKING TRIED TO KIDNAP ME!!!

Thank God I alwayssss have my Pepper spray!! Emptied that shit in his eyes!!! Like wtf?!

He fully locked me in hiscar & drove me to a random house then tried to drag me into it!!!!!!!

I am home now guys, I'm fine. But I was fuvking shaking!"

Thank God for lucky escape oooooo!
What could have happened if she wasn't smart, alert and didn't have the pepper spray in her bag?
How many have already gone through such an ordeal already before and couldn't talk for fear of being stigmatised? Or even never seen again? How many have been raped or killed just like that?

How do we guarantee more security?

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