AMANSEA COMMUNITY: Two suspects, Mr. Uchenna Ike and Mr. Samuel Ogechi, who said they were doing “road maintenance and haulage”, and at the same time collecting revenue illegally from unsuspecting members of the public at the Amansea area, have been arrested by a task force unit of the Anambra State Ministry of Trade, Commerce and Wealth Creation.
When the suspects were arrested, they confessed that the state government was unaware of their activities as the toll they collected from road users were purely for their pockets, while the receipts and documents they have been operating with were fakes. The suspects also disclosed that they make an average sum of three thousand Naira daily, part of which they give to their boss, one Mr. Jekwu Okafor.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner for Trade, Commerce and Wealth Creation, Dr. Christian Madubuko, said his ministry will not back down until the state is rid-off those who syphoned government revenues into their private pockets.
Dr. Madubuko, while giving details of the arrest of the group extorting money from unsuspecting road users, explained that the exercise was a routine measure by the ministry towards ensuring that only agents with appropriate government license and unquestionable repute are carrying out the duty.
The commissioner, who said the two offenders nabbed along Amansea- Onitsha expressway, were not working for the government and have been operating with fake documents bearing the signatures of top government appointees, revealed that they would be immediately charged to revenue court.
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The commissioner, who described the act as criminal, said the government was poised to ending the activities of illegal revenue collectors in the various parts of the state and warned those licensed by the government to operate within specified guidelines, warning that those whose unfriendly and questionable conducts are reported, would be stripped of their authorization papers and dealt with appropriately.
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