Did you know that in 2021, the ICIR found that Lagos Agberos extort over ₦120B annually ($300M at the time) from drivers? The NURTW functions essentially as a state-backed, private terror cartel. In 2021, this syndicate out-earned 34 out of 36 Nigerian states—dwarfing entire state budgets and clearing nearly 30% of the IGR of the almighty Lagos State. And they keep almost all of it. Only a tiny, unofficial sliver goes to local governments through the LGAs to keep them pliant. Long before Tompolo landed his juicy pipeline surveillance contracts, Tinubu had willed Lagosians, public motorists, and their hard-earned money over to this private army. Today, that army has evolved into an untouchable corporate shadow government. They don't build schools, they don't fix the roads, and they don't provide welfare. They just extort everyday Nigerians by day, and serve as political enforcers to intimidate voters by on election nights.