Motorists, especially those driving private vehicles in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, have decried extortion by suspected hoodlums parading as
Goodluck explained that on the two occasions, he was forced to cough out between N15,000 and N25,000 to them in order not to have his car impounded by the state government.He said: “My brother, on two occasions, I encountered them; one was at Rumuokoro roundabout and the other was at Waterlines junction. Before you know it, they will jump into you car and accused you of violating a traffic light that does not function.
We drove round the whole of Port Harcourt in the name of looking for an impoundment site that has space. At about 5:00pm, they took me to an ATM where I withdrew 25,000 and gave to them before the handed over my car key to me.”Narrating his own experience, a media practitioner, Okoh Ufere, said he was waylaid by the hoodlums at Waterlines junction in Port Harcourt, who accused him of violating traffic at the junction.
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