Debate: Agbero interests are holding back Lagos public transport, says Doherty

Author: vanguardngr.comPublished on: November 8, 2026Country: Nigeria

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Debate: Agbero interests are holding back Lagos public transport, says Doherty

Funso Doherty, the Nigeria Democratic Congress governorship candidate in Lagos State, accused interests within the informal transport network of obstructing the modernisation of public transport. At Friday’s Lagos governorship debate, organised by the Nigeria Debate Consortium, he criticised the thousands of ageing commercial buses and the influence of the agbero system. Doherty pledged to overhaul transport if elected, saying his administration would not be beholden to the agbero network.

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