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Onitsha Tricycle Riders protest illegal Ticketing, seek government intervention.

-they bemoan Agency revenue collection.

Tricycle Riders popularly, known as Keke Napep operators commercializing Onitsha-Owerri road, have staged a peaceful protest against multiple taxation meted on them by the Anambra state government’s revenue agents.

Sited around Mgbemena axis of Onitsha-Owerri road last week, the commercial Tricycle Riders were carrying placards inscribed in various words such as “Hoodlums have taken over Anambra state”, “No more collection of money from passengers with loads”, “Army help us provide solution that will remedy our situation”, “Obiano stop mal-treating us”, “Agboro should stop beating keke riders”, “No more choo lum ife” among others.

Narating their odeal to Newsmen, the state coordinator and a member of the group, Messrs Anthony Ogaraonye and Emeka Ohaekerem listed Messrs Sylvester Obiora, Jimmy Okonkwo, Wilfred Ezike, Mike Onyekwena, Dubem Nwadiogbu and Pat Ezenwa to be responsible for imposing illegal tickets on them.

They also listed KKAWAPU Amalgamated Union, Ministry of  Local government and Somatina Enterprises as the genuine Tickets they are obligated to pay while Onitsha Ado N’idu, Anambra State loca Government Tolls, ASWAMA among many others as illegal ones which costs them about two thousand naira daily(#2000) instead of three hundred(#300) as approved by the state government.
Messrs Sylvester Obiora, and Mike Onyekwena
Responding, some of the accused, the Anambra state Financial Secretary and Secretary of the Board of Trutees of KKAWAPU Amalgamated Tricycle Union, Messrs Onyekwena and Obiora respectively denied the allegation suggesting that government should hand over the Union’s revenue generation to the Union instead of non-Keke Opereators who deal on the illegal ticketing.

Also speaking, a concerned citizen and the Anambra south Leader of the Movement for Actualization of the Sovereign state of Biafra, MASSOB, Chief Arinze Igbani observes that the maltreatment on Keke Operators is applicable to Ekwuluobia, Nnewi and Awada,Obosi.

Chief Igbani assured the agitators of federal government’s attention to ensure the system is sanitized.

End.

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