₦airaland Forum

I had to open a new account to write this letter. I am a transporter, and we convey granite from Akamkpa LGA, Cross River State to various states in South-South/East states of Nigeria. My tipping trailer loaded in Akamkpa, Cross River and was going to Yenogoa, Bayelsa and along East-West Road, and very close to Ahoada junction, some persons forcefully took my truck to a location inside Ahoada and said that he is Ahoada LGA taskforce chairman and that I did not have Ahoada permit and therefore they impounded my truck with load for over three(3) days now. I called the Taskforce Chairman whom i understand to be Uche(08037488074) by name and he said I should pay N50,000 as impoundment fee after a lot of negotiation; we raised the money being today (Thursday) and the same guy turned around and said that we will now pay N120,000 as impoundment fee and not 50,000 as he earlier stated; He is even suggesting that we will pay the money into his personal account and not government account. I said to him, that whatever amount it is that i will pay, but it has to be to a government account and not to an individual; he retorted and said that my truck will be accumulating demurrage for the period and that weed will grow on my truck if i fail to pay to him.
I am using this medium to bring this issue to government of Rivers State or anyone in position of Authority to act about what is presently happening at Ahoada, and how money of honest working Nigerians are being fleece off them in a manner that make a mockery of hard-work

Regards,
Oz'd