Operate Inside Your Motor Park, Stop Harassing Motorists, Passengers, Steer Clear Of The Roads, NSCDC Warns “Agberos” In Delta

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has said that no person or group of persons have the monopoly of nuisance in the Delta State or in the country at large, just as the security outfit warned motor park workers popularly known.as “agberos” to limit their operations to their parks and steer clear of the roads.

NSCDC Spokesperson in the state, Dsc Emeka Peters Okwechime, made this assertion while responding to journalist in Asaba, the Delta State Capital.

The image maker cited numerous reports, complaints on the inglorious activities of some chunks of the Transport Union workers who go as far as hundred meters away from their motor parks to carry out their nefarious and notorious acts of harassing, intimidating and some times beat up motorists, extort their hard earned money, impound their vehicles and infringe on the fundamental human rights of freedom of movements of the passengers/commuters which is culpable of breaching the enjoyed peace and cause mayhem in the society if not checkmated now.

In a swift response and a follow up to checkmate this back drop, the State Commandant of the NSCDC Commandant Akinsanya Iskilu Abiodun has placed all Squadron Commanders and the 25 Divisional Officers on red alert.

The image maker said: “Furthermore, we therefore use this opportunity to call on the leaders of transport union/workers to as a matter of urgent public importance withdraw all legal/illegal transport workers from along all the roads in the state back inside the government approved motor parks.”

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Okwechime maintained that any transport worker found along the roads in the guise of Agbero taking laws into his hand will be treated criminal and made to face the complete version of the extant provisions of the law of the federal republic of Nigeria

The NSCDC public Relations Officers said that the era were miscreant in the guise of Agberos take laws into their hands to harass, extort and beat up motorist and infringe/violate the fundamental human rights of freedom of movement of passengers goods and services outside their government approved motor parks are over.

The State Commandant Akinsanya Iskilu Abiodun in the strength of Section 3, sub section 1(a) of the NSCDC Act empowers the NSCDC in maintaining peace and order across the nation, therefore placed the 25 Divisional Officers and all Squadron Commanders on red alert towards this backdrop.

He further warned the transport union/ workers to revert inside Motor parks and operate within government approved motor parks and vacate all the roads with immediate effect to avoid arrests and prosecutions, adding that any transport union/worker operating outside government approved parks are criminals and will be treated as such if caught.

In a related development, the NSCDC mouthpiece said that the state Command is closing ranks on the erring motorcyclists driving against traffic on the ever busy Asaba-Ughelli expressway, some restricted routes in Uvwie, Warri, Sapele, Ughelli and other parts of the state and federal highways and those plying restricted routes across the state.

He maintained that the NSCDC is using this opportunity to pass a stern warning to all motorcyclist driving against traffic, unapproved routes, restricted areas across the State and those using their motorcycles popularly called Okada for criminal activities should desist from it or risk jail term when caught.