The Police and some medical personnel at Osun/Oyo border on Sunday evening reportedly intercepted a car, said to have conveyed a sick man, who eventually died while being checked. According to a report, the vehicle was stopped at Odo Oba, Iwo, an entry point to Osun from Oyo State while attempting to enter Osun State.
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Rep. Chidoka Makes Case for Motorists, Commuters Over Multiple Check Points
A member of the House of Representative, Hon. Obinna Chidoka, representing Idemili North and South Federal Constituency, has made another case for his people on the floor of the 9th National Assembly, stressing the urgent need for dismantling of multiple check points on roads leading to Eastern States. Chidoka in his motion ‘Resolution on Multiple
Read moreAn Apt Open Letter to Nigeria’s President on Police Checkpoints Along Sagamu – Onitsha Rd
A veteran journalist Chucks Iloegbunam writes an open letter to Nigeria President, Muhammadu Buhari on the alarming number of check points on the Sagamu – Asaba federal highway. Dear Mr. President, Travelling from Lagos to Anambra State on November 9, 2019, I counted 67 “checkpoints” mostly manned by armed men of the Police Mobile Force
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