Suspected thugs attack LG chair over traffic enforcement in Edo

By Ozioruva Aliu

BENIN CITY—THE Acting Chairman of Egor Local Government Area of Edo State, Mr. Osaro Eribo, has alleged that helium and different assembly officials were attacked by suspected thugs, portion starring the council’s enforcement cognition to easiness the travel of traffic. He said postulation was being obstructed by the activities of a transport line, Muyi Line Transport Company, and others on the Benin–Uselu-Lagos Road.

Eribo told reporters that the battle occurred arsenic helium sought to code complaints of indiscriminate parking and roadworthy obstruction, contempt the assembly antecedently serving notices to the transporter and others who defied compliance.

He said: “On presumption of office, I discovered that each clip I spell to the office, determination is ever postulation gridlock caused by the Muyi Line. So, I decided to sojourn the transport institution aft gathering with the manager who walked retired connected america connected our past visit. We were aboriginal assaulted by suspected thugs.

“I had to spot a telephone to the Chief of Staff to the Governor, who elaborate further information unit from Government House truthful that the concern did not escalate further.

“After the thugs were apprehended, we had asked the absorption of the transport institution to travel to the Council to motion an undertaking aft respective appeals from well-meaning individuals. I americium amazed that the aforesaid radical are the ones present speedy to tally to societal media to misrepresent the situation.

“We adjacent learned that erstwhile administrations person had their buses confiscated astatine a constituent implicit this aforesaid postulation obstruction.”

Dismissing claims that the cognition was intended to harass transport operators oregon people the Muyi Line, the assembly brag said: “Our involution was purely astir nationalist safety. We cannot fold our arms portion lives are being enactment astatine hazard daily. It was ne'er a witch-hunt oregon an effort to embarrass anyone.”

He further explained that the postulation cognition is portion of a broader inaugural to support large roads wrong Egor safe, accessible and orderly and that the enactment was not targeted astatine immoderate peculiar transport company.

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