Anambra Keke Operators Want Soludo To Deploy Ocha Brigade To Aroma Junction
Members of Anambra State Keke Drivers Forum AKDF have appealed to the State Government to sustain the presence of Ocha Brigade at the Ifite -Aroma park inorder to discourage blocking of roads.
The group also commended the Managing Director of OCHA Brigade Mr Celestine Anere for prompt response to their demands of decongesting the roads by some miscreants in the name of Keke drivers.
They prayed that the continuous presence of the OCHA Brigade would help in giving Aroma the status of third arm zone of the state.
According to the group, Ifite-Aroma junction is the heart of the state capital, and the state must do everything to maintain sanity among the operators of Keke in the state.
Speaking to our correspondent,the coordinator of Keke drivers in Anambra State Comrade Osita Obi commended the MD of OCHA Brigade for his magnanimity in responding to the challenges of the drivers by sending his men to clear the area of the nuisance being caused by some characters parading themselves as Keke drivers.
He said Anere had demonstrated strong capacity by clearing the roads for traffic to move freely without hindrance.
He appealed to Anere to sustain the tempo by retaining his men at Aroma junction to stem off the tide of road blockage.
Obi said that most of the people blocking the roads were cultists who have built themselves into untouchables in the state.
“We want to specially thank the MD of Ocha Brigade Anere for his wonderful response to the need of keeping Anambra State clean and safe.
“There has been much lawlessness created by some cultists in the area. They block roads at Aroma junction,which is the third arm zone of the state.
“We also appealed to governor Charles Soludo to give the necessary assistance to the Brigade to enable them sustain its presence at the junction.
One of the organizers of the park, Mr Aguiyi Okoronkwo who spoke with our reporter said that they were happy being in a safe private park.
Okoronkwo said they were worried by the blockage of the road by some of their members.
He commended the MD of Ocha Brigade Celestine Anere for coming to their help, pleading with the brigade not to leave them because the miscreants will devour them.
According to him,if the Ocha Brigade leaves, the problem of road blockage will resurface.
Mr Evaristus Mboto said they were tired of the confusion being created by road blockage and decided to find a place to have a park.
Mboto pleaded with the MD to continue to provide his personnels to guide and protect them and also to stop the indiscriminate loading on the road.
He called on the state government to fish out the bad boys blocking roads and creating traffic in the state, noting that the bad boys were the people creating a negative image for Keke transport operators..
He assured that immediately, they would stabilise the park and they would elect officers to manage themselves.
He also pleaded with the government to retain the presence of OCHA Brigade at Aroma junction so that they can have peace and free flow of traffic.
Another Keke driver Augustine Okonkwo said he is grateful to the Ocha Brigade MD for providing them with personnels to safeguide them.
He also begged the OCHA Brigade MD not to leave them to their fate because the bad boys would destroy them.
According to him, before now we thought that if they entered the park, we would not have passengers. Thankfully, passengers are graciously coming in to board.
He said that they were happy that roads were no longer being blocked by the drivers and pleaded with MD OCHA Brigade not to withdraw his personnel.
He pleaded with the government to empower the Ocha Brigade to retain its operations at Aroma junction.
Also Godwin Chigozie, a Keke operator said they were happy with private park sndy operating according to law and order regulating Keke business.
