Deputy Gov Warns Soldiers Who Flouted His Orders
A deputy governor who felt offended at soldiers who flouted his orders to remove road blocks they mounted has risen to the occasion, warning them to obey.
Dr Onyekachukwu Ibezim, the Deputy Governor of Anambra is angry that the soldiers had been causing untold hardship to road users in the state, by mounting road blocks which he ordered them to remove,
To his chagrin, he returned to find soldiers adamant, hence he confronted them telling them that their action was unacceptable…CONTINUE READING
The deputy governor spoke in the course of a statewide traffic control, reports NAN, livid that the soldiers’ action was simply making motorists spend long time and burn petrol on traffic unnecessarily.
According to him, the job could still be done with less suffering for the citizens.
He frowned at their continued use of disused tyres and sand bags to hinder traffic by the Stanel filling station and Nnamdi Azikiwe University gate, saying they were flouting orders thereby.
“I came here in the morning to warn you about this but you are still blocking the traffic; we must be sane in this country.
”I pulled out as a director in the Ministry of Defense, this is not what the Army stands for,
“Allow these people to move, you do not suffer tax payers this way,” he told the soldiers.
“At Amawbia bye pass, I saw heavy traffic but when I alighted to find out what was going on, it happened that a youth stood in the middle of the road, waving party flag while the traffic stood still.
“I had to order him out to be attested, surprisingly, they said I was threatening to arrest an opposition party faithful, but we won’t succumb to such cheap blackmail, our roads must be free of all obstructions,” he said.
The Eagle could not immediately confirm whether the soldiers had at long last adhered to the deputy governor’s directives.
