AN official of the Federal Road
Safety Commission, FRSC, yesterday escaped lynching by operators of
commercial motorcycle in Awka, Anambra State.
Residents
of Awka woke up to see that major roads in the city, including
Enugu-Onitsha expressway, were filled with officials of FRSC demanding
particulars, fire extinguisher, spare tyres, among other things, and
were asking motorists to apply their breaks and test the lights on
their vehicles at stationary positions.
The
development created chaos in the town and motorists were meandering the
side streets to find ways of avoiding the road marshals.
Trouble
started when one of the commercial motorcyclists carrying a passenger
came to one of the points where the FRSC men were operating and when
one of them stopped him, he tried to escape.
This angered one of the road marshals who grabbed him and he fell with his passenger.
Other motorcyclists who watched the incident, rushed at one of the road marshals and beat him mercilessly.
In the midst of the confusion, there was pandemonium in the area and other road marshals took to their heels.
The
situation was saved by some motorists who were already parked by the
road marshals as they pleaded with the Okada riders to leave him.
One
of the Okada who gave his name as Nwachi, said they were angered by the
activities of the road marshal who had earlier impounded over 50
motorcycles and took their owners to a mobile court.
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Anambra my state is home for crazy people. Any body that is doing Govt. work should use his brain because if mistakenly waste his life work will still continue.
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Work smartly but do not work hard.
Hope A.Ubah
Solution to the Okada pestilence? Outright ban, nothing else.
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