Former Governor of Anambra State; Mr Peter Obi was on Thursday reportedly detained for 3 hours at the Bridgehead Onitsha, Anambra State by illegal Revenue collectors.
Narrating his ordeal to journalists at his Onitsha residence, Obi described the experience as horrible.
He said,
“I was passing through the Bridgehead in the morning where I experienced over 3 hours of traffic.
“Out of curiosity, I came down from my vehicle only to behold different groups extorting money from people.
“Apart from causing traffic delays, they constitute a menace to the travelling public, businesses and people’s sources of livelihood, not mentioning the countless hours lost to unproductivity at such hot spot. These extortionists pose a serious security threat to society.”
The former Vice-Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic party, Party called on the state government to employ urgent measures to flush out all illegal groups hiding under the clove of government to cause problems for people at a time when Nigerians were passing through hardship.
He also called on those engaged in the illegal acts to rethink and amend their ways rather than harassing those that are making honest and effort to eke a living.