Ochie Igbo has raised the alarm that the first Niger Bridge is at risk of collapsing. The umbrella socio-political group of young Igbo professionals lamented that while work on the second Niger Bridge was proceeding at an impressive rate, the current bridge connecting the South East to the South West was being overloaded.

President-general of Ochie Igbo, Dr. Chuks Orji, accused the Delta State Command of Nigeria Police of imposing undue stress on the old bridge, raising a checkpoint at the foot of the bridge, causing vehicles, especially articulated and haulage trucks, to spend much time on the bridge.

Orji said: “It has become increasingly worrisome that cars and other heavy vehicles are made to park on top of the Onitsha Bridge for hours. This is of a grave concern, because a closer look at the warning pasted on the bridge by certified engineers, says cars and vehicles shouldn’t be allowed to park on the bridge for hours.”

He regretted that the cautionary post engraved by the construction firm on beams of the bridge that was built more than 60 years ago “has been thrown to the wind by police officers of the Delta Command that stand at the gate to waylay commuters for reasons best known to them.”

Orji, who spoke to journalists after a visit to the traffic snarl around Onitsha, urged the Delta State Commissioner of Police to call his men to order, to avert the monumental security and socio-economic crisis a sudden collapse of the bridge could cause the nation.

While ruling out suggestions of deliberate sabotage, the Ochie Igbo leader said it would be wrong to think that only Igbo of the South East make use of the bridge, stressing that the idea of a second Niger Bridge was to ease the burden on the older bridge. He enjoined men of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) manning the Onitsha end of the pre-civil war bridge to enforce the ‘no parking’ rule at the neck of the bridge, especially by commercial bus drivers dropping off passengers.

RichBoy247:
Biafrans should worry about that not Nigerians. Biafrans should start using the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Niger Bridges constructed and commissioned by their beloved son Goatluck Jonathan

Islie:




Ochie Igbo has raised the alarm that the first Niger Bridge is at risk of collapsing. The umbrella socio-political group of young Igbo professionals lamented that while work on the second Niger Bridge was proceeding at an impressive rate, the current bridge connecting the South East to the South West was being overloaded.

President-general of Ochie Igbo, Dr. Chuks Orji, accused the Delta State Command of Nigeria Police of imposing undue stress on the old bridge, raising a checkpoint at the foot of the bridge, causing vehicles, especially articulated and haulage trucks, to spend much time on the bridge.

Orji said: “It has become increasingly worrisome that cars and other heavy vehicles are made to park on top of the Onitsha Bridge for hours. This is of a grave concern, because a closer look at the warning pasted on the bridge by certified engineers, says cars and vehicles shouldn’t be allowed to park on the bridge for hours.”

He regretted that the cautionary post engraved by the construction firm on beams of the bridge that was built more than 60 years ago “has been thrown to the wind by police officers of the Delta Command that stand at the gate to waylay commuters for reasons best known to them.”

Orji, who spoke to journalists after a visit to the traffic snarl around Onitsha, urged the Delta State Commissioner of Police to call his men to order, to avert the monumental security and socio-economic crisis a sudden collapse of the bridge could cause the nation.

While ruling out suggestions of deliberate sabotage, the Ochie Igbo leader said it would be wrong to think that only Igbo of the South East make use of the bridge, stressing that the idea of a second Niger Bridge was to ease the burden on the older bridge.He enjoined men of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) manning the Onitsha end of the pre-civil war bridge to enforce the ‘no parking’ rule at the neck of the bridge, especially by commercial bus drivers dropping off passengers.



https://m.guardian.ng/news/niger-bridge-at-risk-of-collapse-igbo-group-cries-out/


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iamJ:
Use funds from biafran central bank to fix it, Biggest market in Africa remember


I trust FG they will ignore 5% as usual

RichBoy247:
Biafrans should worry about that not Nigerians. Biafrans should start using the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Niger Bridges constructed and commissioned by their beloved son Goatluck Jonathan

Dedetwo:



The spate of idiocy in Nigeria has qualified the shithole called Nigeria to be disintegrated. Only a foolish fool in a idiotic country will have a checkpoint at the foot of a bridge. There is much of a stress the materials used in the construction of bridge could withstand at given time. Why would anybody design a mean to add more stress to the girders? Sometimes, I reluctantly agree that Nigeria is a basket of fools.

Beremx:
lol Dede m, abeg tell dem o!!
Compliments of the yuletide season.

ProWalker:
Let the damn bridge collapse if this help Ibos achieve their biafra dream
We can then build a wall to fence out these ungrateful things from the SW

RichBoy247:
Biafrans should worry about that not Nigerians. Biafrans should start using the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Niger Bridges constructed and commissioned by their beloved son Goatluck Jonathan

RichBoy247:
Biafrans should worry about that not Nigerians. Biafrans should start using the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Niger Bridges constructed and commissioned by their beloved son Goatluck Jonathan

RichBoy247:
Biafrans should worry about that not Nigerians. Biafrans should start using the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Niger Bridges constructed and commissioned by their beloved son Goatluck Jonathan

Funkybabee:
I thought Buhari is doing it self