Each police check point along Kano-Jigawa highway make an average of N100,000 daily from the compulsory N20 ‘toll’ they collect from motorists travelling on the road, which leads to other north eastern states. No fewer than 5,000 vehicles ply the road daily.
Vanguard findings revealed that motorists pay the bribe to avoid being delayed by those manning the checkpoints. Those who fail to pay are delayed until they comply.
The checkpoints, which were re-introduced because of terrorists’ activities, have been turned into fast money-making avenues by the Police officers.
A commercial vehicle driver, Malam Abdullahi, lamented that most drivers were compelled to pay the fee as any attempt to resist the payment could infuriate the policemen into keeping the ‘’culprit’’ for a longer time. He added that commercial drivers spend between N120 and N140 at the various checkpoints on each trip between Jigawa and Kano states.
He said their union leaders once took a decision that drivers should stop paying money at the checkpoint. He said the action could not last more than 48 hours as they had to pay or park by the road side, wasting valuable time.
Vanguard also gathered that the police officers, who perpetrate the act, were posted from other states and were neither under Jigawa nor Kano states police commands.
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this value is under-estimaed. the army guys manning NNPC DEPOT, Hotoro charges between 200 to 500 naira expecially once it is 10 pm and above from small buses and keke napep.the money rose to any amount once it is 12 am and you still want to pass. For trailers, that one is O.Y.O. They terrorise people with gun shots always in the air to demostrate their seriousness while causing heavy traffic held up. infact their primary assignment is not to man checkpoint there but to guard NNPC environs. these guys have out-use their usefulness and are already total menace to the society and the Nigerian force in general.
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