Lagos-Dakar

Homepage feature 6 | Print this article |  Email a friend   Lagos - Dakar, on Okada! Fabrice Dubesset, a young Frenchman, decides to take okada from Lagos to Dakar. It captured his imagination to tour Africa on a dirt bike, it can captivate the global... More

Homepage feature 6 | Print this article |  Email a friend   Lagos - Dakar, on Okada! Fabrice Dubesset, a young Frenchman, decides to take okada from Lagos to Dakar. It captured his imagination to tour Africa on a dirt bike, it can captivate the global off-road Tours industry and it can catapult him straight onto the orbit of worldwide fame and recognition. “He”, is Fabrice Dubesset, a young Frenchman who has been working at the French Cultural Centre for a year and half on contract. Knowing that his contract is expiring in only two weeks and he has to fly back to Paris, he decided to go on a motorcycle HONDA 125 popularly called ‘OKADA’ here in Lagos. But what could have motivated this man to embark upon a dirt bike motorcycle Tour across our continent? Could he beat the risks of riding solo across the plains and the mountains of Africa? How far is the journey and how long will it take him to accomplish it? What will it profit to him to take a bike he bought in Nigeria to France? I Less