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Commercial activities were grounded in Onitsha, Anambra State as tricycle operators protested alleged extortion and brutality in the hands of touts and revenue collectors.

The group, known as Tricycle Owners Association of Nigeria, also blocked major roads in the city on Saturday.

The protest also followed the alleged multiple stabbing of a tricycle operator on the Awka road by a revenue collector.

The group lamented that their sufferings in the hands of the touts were becoming unbearable and called on the state government to come to their rescue by deploying security personnel to the area.

The protest started about 12.30pm and lasted several hours while they blocked the Main Market road, Awka Road, New Cemetary Road, Old Cemetary Road, Old Enugu Road, and other exits and entry points into Onitsha.

Addressing journalists, the spokesman for the group, Mr David Emmanuel, said that they had taken enough humiliation from both legal and illegal revenue collectors in the state.

He added that they pay between N4,500 N8,000 to the revenue collectors apart from the N350 daily dues they pay to the Anambra State Government

Emmanuel lamented that while they had nothing to show for their daily efforts, the revenue collectors and thugs smiled home with huge sums of money.

He said, “We wondered why even after such money is collected from us, they beat and wound us, you dare not question their identity. Several complaints we made to the Anambra State Ministry of Transport did not yield any result.

“We pay money to a group, before you move an inch, another group will stop you and if you question them, they would start beating you, using all types of weapons against you, that is one of the causes of today’s protest, they have killed and given life threatening injuries to our just because we want to know who we are giving our money.

“We give money to people we don’t know who they are working for, all they know is for you to give them money, that is not covered by receipt, and some operate with receipts we do not know their source

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He added that they pay between N4,500 N8,000 to the revenue collectors apart from the N350 daily dues they pay to the Anambra State Government

Tinubu will finish these people. Imagine the amount of money he's stealing from we ibos.

So touts dey east? Them go soon blame Tinubu for that.

Hehehehehe

Fear Igbo man with power!

wwwihy:
Commercial activities were grounded in Onitsha, Anambra State as tricycle operators protested alleged extortion and brutality in the hands of touts and revenue collectors.

The group, known as Tricycle Owners Association of Nigeria, also blocked major roads in the city on Saturday.

The protest also followed the alleged multiple stabbing of a tricycle operator on the Awka road by a revenue collector.



https://punchng.com/extortion-protesting-tricycle-operators-ground-commercial-activities-in-onitsha/

For those who do not know, Onitsha is located in Lagos state

There is no tout in Ibo land

DubaiLandLord2:


[b]For those who do not know, Onitsha is located in Lagos state

There is no tout in Ibo land

the incoming governor get plenty work to do. total clean up. the transport sector is a mess. touts, criminals, cultist every junction extorting

Alaigbo to the world, hide your agbero, Onitsha dey snatch agbero o

MC Oluomo is responsible for this ordered by Tinubu

Nyanmiridunce:
Yeebos are guilty of everything they accuse others for. People don't know them for what they are because they don't travel to their region. They only wail and hate when something ain't favoring them.

Someone said the only difference between igbo and Fulani is cow herding, they have the same traits

INTERESTING

Amazing protest!
No wonder everyone dey treck from holy Trinity to akwa road on Saturday.

When they're serious about it, we the residents will know...

Nothing is going to be done from the turn out of them that i saw on Saturday

It's okay

Check very well and you will see the perpetrators of this extortion are aliens from where the sun sets. That is the kind of thing they are known for in their region.

The will address this issue soon that's one thing i like about the Eastern state

He added that they pay between N4,500 N8,000 to the revenue collectors apart from the N350 daily dues they pay to the Anambra State Government

Imagine ordinary Tricycle operators are paying #350 daily plus another #8000 monthly due in Awka that's population density is not up to 50% of Lagos and you will never see them calling out their Owomida n Agbero people only but only allergic to Tinubu and Lagos state

Anyway in not surprise, the only difference btw yeebow n their Fulani master is cow. All of them na criminals tantamount to cettle calling pot black

Fulani nd yeebow are partners in crime

K

If you're wondering why the IGR of Anambra is lower than that of Kano, this is why.

All these money they extortt goes directly into the coffers of private individuals

It's well . I have keke for hire purchase one point 2 for two years.

I hate Anambra tax collectors with ion. They are heartless, brutal and uncivil in their modus operandi.

If you ever try to stand up for yourself when with them, na slap them go use bring your level down before a heavy billing.

I witnessed it last december

wwwihy:


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na tinubu boys dey collect money for Anambra

You see why Tinubu must not be president?

Agbero no dey ibo land

Awon weyrey

Tinubu why

wwwihy:


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And the state government would pretend they don't know about it as usual ..igbos are the architect of their problems...Biafra my foot...

Fake news onitsha is on lockdown

Tomilola360:


na tinubu boys dey collect money for Anambra

You see why Tinubu must not be president?

Agbero no dey ibo land

Awon weyrey

Those eastern guys are one of the worst hypocrites on earth

Okay

These people are real terrorist