Tension as Bus drivers, revenue collectors clash
Tension mounted, yesterday, in various parts of the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra State as commercial transport operators clashed with touts and other illegal revenue collectors in the state. The bus drivers, in a bid to register their grievances, protested and blocked the ever-busy Onitsha end of the River Niger bridge, preventing the inflow and outflow of vehicular movements on the road. The protesters claimed that blocking the highway is the only way to express their dissatisfaction over alleged incessant extortion by touts, illegal revenue agents and lack of motor parks since the state government has continued to turn deaf ears to their plight. The situation made commuters and pedestrians trek long distances to their destinations while other vehicle owners made use of inner roads while causing people to run helter-skelter in a bid to avoid being attacked by the protesters, who resorted to violence. The protesters had some confrontations with the revenue agents but...