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3 Ways to Get a Free Okada Ride in Lagos

Lagos Nigeria is one of the busiest places in the world. It combines a variety of people. Lagos is home to the rich, the poor, the local and the tush. The elites as well as the illiterates amidst a wide range of others.

It’s only in Lagos that you can buy a building in some parts for 8million naira and rent the same type of building with same facilities at other parts for 10 million naira. If you think I am wrong try Oko Oba and Banana Island.

This experience I am about to share worked for me but it may bring slap to other people’s faces, or cost them one leg of their shoes or their handbags. I would highlight the ways to get a free Okada ride and later discuss my experiences.

Have a Cheerful and Nice Countenance

This may work well for the ladies more than the most men. I have discovered that most Okada men respond positively for those who look good and put on smiling faces. The secret is, even if you have to pay, you might end up paying 100NGN for a journey worth 200NGN. I have tried it so many times and it has worked for me. A journey from Jakande to Iyana Isolo should cost nothing less than 200 but I have boarded bikes for 100 NGN through that route a number of times.

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Be Firm

Looking tush and not firm may mean big cheating. Okada men tend to take advantage of classy people, if you live in Lagos, I am sure you must have been a victim of cheating one way or another, especially if you don’t know where you are going. A typical Lagos Okada man would carry you and turn round and round the same spot and afterwards take you to the real place after collecting 200 NGN for a trekkable journey. Next time you don’t know where you are going precisely, put a call through to the person you are going to see.

Give him big money

This is somehow dicey and this is the real part that can earn you a slap if you don’t know how to apply it well and can earn you free ride if you are smart enough. Note that if the Okada man is an aboki, it is either you are finished or you are saved. Personally, I like aboki okada men. Their fares tend to be cheaper and they tend to be more polite. But some of them can make you start using a bandage on your hand. So abeg look face well well.

Now back to my personal experience, August 23, 2016, was a very busy day for me. We had a get together at home and I had invited someone I hold in high esteem, but he was unable to come. So, I packed his food and decided to take it to his house, since it is not far from my house. I trekked to Isolo Bus stop, and since I was running late, I decided to board a bike.

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I had just 1000NGN note on me so I told the that I didn’t have change halfway to the journey, he said OK. Surprisingly, when we got to Ago, as I alighted from the bike and gave him the money, he returned the money and told me not to bother. Maybe it was my lucky day. You can try the same thing, but please don’t tell me your experience when you earn a dirty slap.

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