Nkpor community joins fight against illegal revenue collection
By Sunny A. David, Onitsha
Nkpor Caretaker Committee Chairman, Mr. Obiora Oddih, has vowed to handover illegal revenue collectors in Nkpor Markets to the Anambra State Government for prosecution.
Mr. Oddih said that in spite of all the warnings from the state government on illegal tax collectors; some miscreants still go round collecting illegal tax and levies from traders and shops around Nkpor community.
He said he was not aware and was not prepared to support such illegal extortions by Nkpor Youths saying it is really embarrassing to his Committee.
The caretaker committee chairman noted that Anambra State Government had created conducive environment for traders and Ndi Anambra to carry on their businesses unhindered.
He pleaded with the state government to come to their rescue, stressing that the problems of Nkpor youths was really getting out of hand.
Mr. Oddih commended the efforts of Governor Willie Obiano towards stopping illegal collections in Anambra by mandating the security agencies in the state to go after illegal collectors.
Reacting to the situation, Mr. Vincent Oniehe, an automobile mechanic at Agulu Avenue, Nkpor, said that Nkpor youths had been frustrating and intimidating them from time to time lamenting that if they ask for money from the traders and they refused, they will beat them up.
Mrs. Amaka Edozie, who vends provisions, said the Nkpor youths forcefully collected seven thousand naira from her, stressing that the youths said the money was for Christmas celebration.
Mrs. Edozie, however, appealed to the state government to come to their aid, noting that their lives were no longer safe at the hands of the youths.