Nigeria, Sept. 22 -- Commercial motorcyclists in Ogun state have rejected the government directive to register at one of the state's designated registration points across the state within ten days or risk arrest.

The motorcyclists said the N5,000 registration fee imposed by the government is "outrageous."

"This is an insensitive move by the government," said Raji Adekanbi, a commercial motorcyclist who plies the Panseke route.

"Don't they know that most of us doing this job are doing it because we have no option? I finished my National Diploma at Moshood Abiola Polytechnic and my father died, I couldn't go further and I had no other option than to pick up a bike."

The Ogun State government had on Monday issued a 10-day ultimatum to th...