The leadership of the Ohaneze Ndi Igbo in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja has decried the illicit tow collecting activities of policemen on South East roads, lamenting the hardship the people of the area go through while undertaking journeys across the zone.
This complaints was made by a delegation of Igbo ethnic group who visited the Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Dr. Solomon Arase , retired Inspector General of Police in his office.
They called for dismantling of the fee paying road blocks in the zone especially with the coming heavy traffic expected during the Christmas and new year period in the South Zone.
Dr. Arase who promised to take up the matter with the Inspector General of Police also used the occasion to plead with the leadership of Ohaneze to stop the incessant killings of Policemen in the zone.
According to Arase, ” the killings of Police Officers in the South East is becoming worrisome. They are killing them everyday and they should let the killers know that the Police is not there enemy. They have not done anything wrong. The Force have lost quite a number of serving Officers in the South East.
“We are your friends, stop making Police wives widows, they are your sisters” he noted.
Dr. Arase said the problem of the South East is that of identity crisis adding that ” we have resolved the perceived marginalisation of the zone in the Police representation in the country.
The leader of the Delegation, Elder (Bar) Onwu Arua, Presudent OHANEZE ND’IGBO FCT Chapter said the Organization was concerned about the lack of interest of the Igbos in the current ongoing recruitment exercise for Constables into the Police Force.
Elder Araua however called for a more elaborate plan in Police Recruitment apparatus to redress the disadvantages of South East in the Nigeria Police structure.
