Bolt restricts inter-country ride requests, blocks users from fake orders
Technology ride-hailing firm, Bolt, says it has blocked an undisclosed number of accounts involved in requesting fake rides and cancelling them.
The ride-hailing app also restricted inter-country ride requests following an escalation of such requests in Nigeria and South Africa.
Early Thursday morning, Nigerians and South Africans’ online debacle took a new dimension after both divides engaged in another supremacy battle.
Citizens from the two countries went for each others’ jugulars by ordering e-hailing drivers from opposing countries in the comfort of their homes.
While South Africans began the show by allegedly ordering Bolt and Uber drivers in Nigeria and cancelling the ride when the drivers got to the pick-up locations, Nigerians also returned the favour, booking rides in South Africa to show the power of numbers.
Reacting to the situation, the Country Manager of Nigeria at Bolt, Yahaya Mohammed, in a statement, said the company has taken measures to resolve the issue of fake ride requests, stressing that a thorough investigation has been initiated into its enhanced security measures.
The statement read, “Bolt is aware of the fake ride request incident between some individuals in Nigeria and South Africa.
