A human rights group, Campaign
for Democracy(CD) has decried
the return of roadblocks in the
commercial city of Onitsha.

The group said it is particularly
worried about indiscriminate
setting of road blocks in the city,
saying that it was slowing down
businesses in the city.

The Chairman of the CD in the
South East zone, Uzor A Uzor who
spoke to DAILYPOST gave the
Inspector General Police, Idris
Ibrahim three days, within which
to dismantle the road blocks.

Uzor said the primary aim of the
roadblocks was to extort from
innocent road users, insisting that
his organisation would not accept
such for struggling traders.

“We want to say that after this
3- day ultimatum, we will embark
on a series of protests to register
our position on the matter,”
Uzor added.

A social critic, Prince Ezenwa
noted that travelling from
Onitsha to Oba, a distance on not
more than 15 kilometres, one
could see not less than 11 road
blocks.

He alleged that it might be a plan
to reintroduce illegal toll
collection in the south east geo-
political zone.

“We intend to write to the IGP
because they (Police) cause a lot
of problems to road users.

“They are flouting the IGP’s
order that all road blocks be
dismantled.

“The Gubernatorial Election,
which led to the setting up of
road blocks has come and gone
with the state not experiencing
any violent crimes to warrant
these problems,” Ezenwa said.

The Chairman Ogirisi Igbo
Foundation, Dr Linus Uche, said it
was a calculated attempt to extort
road users during the yuletide.

He added that police collects a lot
of money from motorists and
other road users, ranging from
N100 to N500, and such end up in
private pockets.

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