…the illegal revenue collectors were extorting scores of innocent victms before they were arrested Two daredevil illegal revenue collectors terrorising residents, traders and road users in Onitsha, Anambra State have been arrested by local vigilante operatives while extorting money from traders who went to make purchases at the market. The victims reportedly returned to their
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…insist that the levy collection style is not safe for the traders Traders in different markets in Onitsha and its environs, Anambra State on Monday raised the alarm over method of collecting the newly introduced levy for loading and offloading of goods into heavy duty vehicles. The traders predominantly industrialists, importers and warehouse operators, alleged
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…the tricycle operators caused heavy traffic gridlock along the ever-busy Awka, Oguta, Enugu and Upper new market roads Business and commercial activities were on Wednesday grounded in Onitsha, Anambra State following protests by operators of tricycle popularly called Keke over alleged #300 extortion by touts. The protest which took off from DMGS round-about with over
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…trouble started when some revenue collectors stormed the market to commence collection of #30,000 to #40,000 About five persons reportedly sustained injury in a bloody clash between suspected agents of Anambra state government kicknamed, Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra (OCHA) brigade with traders of Onitsha International Electronics market over alleged forceful collection of loading levy
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…vow to fight the revenue collectors if they continued to demand the high tariff Inter-state commercial divers who ply to and from Anambra State, and loaders of wares, Friday, reportedly embarked on strike over the high tariff imposed by Government on commercial drivers over loading and off loading of wares. They vowed to fight the
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Four pedestrians were on Wednesday morning crushed dead in Onitsha, Anambra State in an accident caused by government revenue collectors. This fact was made public by the Public Education Officer of the Anambra State Sector of FRSC, Florence N. Edor (SRC) in a press statement. Edor said that at about 7.30am four female pedestrians were
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By: Isaac Ojo The operatives of the Anambra State Police Command have arrested twenty more illegal revenue collectors in Onitsha. The arrest according to Haruna Mohammed (SP) the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the state police command was in continuation with it’s comittment towards enforcing government directives against the harassement and extortion on innocent
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By: Isaac Ojo Consequent on many allegations of abuse of process by revenue collectors, the Anambra State government has banned the collection of revenue on roads. This fact was contained in a press release signed by the Anambra State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, C.Don Adinuba. Adinuba said that the government has received reports
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A chieftain of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and BoT member of the party in Anambra State, Chief Rommy Ezeonwuka has expressed worry over increasing number of fake revenue collectors in the State characterized by touting and styles of hoodlums. He said the suspects paraded and brandished fake authority papers as they capitalized on such
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