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Imo Commercial Drivers Call For Immediate Sack Of Frank Onwumere Over Assault On Members…describe heroes square as den of extortion
By Michael Chidi
Commercial drivers in Owerri, Imo State, have united in a mass-call for Governor Hope Uzodimma to immediately dismiss his Special Adviser on Motor Parks Supervision and Illegal Parks, Hon. Pastor Frank Onwumere.
This demand follows an incident involving Mr. Innocent Onyenanu, a commercial driver, who was reportedly assaulted by Onwumere’s taskforce team.
According to reports, Mr. Onyenanu was brutally beaten by the taskforce team enforcing traffic rules on Tuesday 13th August,2024 along Douglas Road, Owerri.
This ugly drama according to eyewitness ignited immediate the victim tried to resist the taskforce team from collecting his vehicle key so as to impound his mini commercial bus for violating traffic law.
The eyewitness narrated that the taskforce team accompanied by heavily armed police officers beat the bus driver until he lost conscious and they thereafter whisked him out of the scene and abandoned his busimo on the road.
While another source revealed that a bystander later rushed Mr. Onyenanu to Umuzuruike Hospital in Owerri, where he was diagnosed with multiple internal injuries, including severe chest trauma.
“Despite the severity of his injuries, neither Hon. Onwumere nor his team has visited the hospital or offered assistance.
The victim’s hospital bills amount to approximately ₦84,000, which he cannot afford”.
Mr. Onyenanu when spotted by our reporter at Umezuruike Hospital, Owerri on Wednesday,recounted his ordeal from his hospital bed, expressing frustration with the impunity and high-handedness exhibited by those claiming to represent Governor Uzodimma.
“I know the traffic rules and regulations. I have been driving for many years. I didn’t violate any rule, but they jumped into my bus and started dragging my car keys.
“When I refused, they beat me up from Douglas Road to their office at Heroes Square. I collapsed and nearly died until a good samaritan rushed me to the hospital;
“I am still undergoing treatment, but the doctor says I need X-rays, scans, and tests to determine the extent of my injuries”, Onyenanu lamented.
Adding to his woes, Mr. Onyenanu claimed that the taskforce team stole ₦8,000 from his pocket and took his car keys.
He appealed to Governor Uzodimma to intervene, urging the governor to ensure that Hon.Onwumere settles his hospital bills, returns his car, refunds the stolen money, and faces dismissal.
“I am calling on Governor Uzodimma to sack him immediately before he causes more harm in the name of the government.”
Furthermore, drivers have accused Hon. Onwumere and his team of turning Heroes Square in Owerri into a den of extortion, allegedly generating revenue for personal gain rather than for the state, as claimed in the Imo Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) financial statements.
The commercial drivers’ plea is clear: before his dismissal, Hon. Onwumere must address the hospital bills of Mr. Onyenanu, return his car, refund the stolen ₦8,000, and then face the consequences of his actions.
Meanwhile, in a related development , the same Onwumere in his unchanging reign of impunity, high-handedness and harassment bartered and injured a certain commercial driver whose name was not disclosed for security reasons faced heights of humiliation at Heroes Square when his bus was contravened by Frank’s Taskforce Team who mercilessly injured the drivers as his body was soaked with blood.
BEIRUT/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The Israeli military carried out at least five airstrikes on the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of Beirut on Tuesday, after Israel’s defence minister ruled out any ceasefire in Lebanon until Israel’s goals had been met.
Smoke billows over Beirut’s southern suburbs, after an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Baabda, Lebanon November 12, 2024. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
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Smoke rose over Beirut as blasts shook the capital around mid-morning. The explosions followed an Israeli military warning posted on social media identifying 12 sites in the southern suburbs and saying it would take action against them soon. It warned residents they were located near Hezbollah facilities.
Smoke billows over Beirut’s southern suburbs, after an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Baabda, Lebanon November 12, 2024. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
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There were no immediate reports of casualties from the latest strikes. Residents have largely fled the southern suburbs since Israel began bombing the area in September.
In Israel, air raid sirens sounded in parts of the north, sending residents running for shelter, and the military said a number of “suspicious aerial targets” were launched from Lebanon. There were no reports of injuries.
Ignited by the Gaza war, the conflict at the Lebanese-Israeli border had been rumbling on for a year before Israel went on the offensive in September, pounding wide areas of Lebanon with airstrikes and sending troops into the south.
Israel has dealt heavy blows to Hezbollah over the last seven weeks, killing many of its top leaders including Hassan Nasrallah, flattening parts of Beirut’s southern suburbs, and causing vast destruction in border villages in south Lebanon.
People gather at the site of an Israeli airstrike on the northern Lebanese town of Ain Yaaqoub, Lebanon November 12, 2024. REUTERS/Omar Ibrahim
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Meeting with Israel’s general staff for the first time, Israel’s newly appointed Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Monday there would be no ceasefire in Lebanon until Israel achieves its goals.
“Israel will not agree to any arrangement that does not guarantee Israel’s right to enforce and prevent terrorism on its own, and meet the goals of the war in Lebanon – disarming Hezbollah and its withdrawal beyond the Litani River and returning the residents of the north safely to their homes.”
Israel’s foreign minister Gideon Saar had said earlier on Monday there had been “a certain progress” in ceasefire talks, whilst adding the war against Hezbollah was not yet over.
Smoke billows over Beirut’s southern suburbs, after an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Baabda, Lebanon November 12, 2024. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
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The main challenge facing any ceasefire deal would be enforcement, he said.
Hezbollah has said it is ready for a long war against Israel and has kept up rocket fire.
SOUTH OF THE LITANI
The Lebanese government, which includes Hezbollah, has repeatedly called for a ceasefire based on the full implementation of a U.N. Resolution that ended a war between the group and Israel in 2006.
Lebanese Red Cross members look for remains of bodies at the site of an Israeli airstrike on the northern Lebanese town of Ain Yaaqoub, Lebanon November 12, 2024. REUTERS/Omar Ibrahim
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The resolution calls for the area south of the Litani to be free of all weapons other than those of the Lebanese state. Lebanon and Israel have accused each other of violating the resolution.
Israel’s offensive has driven more than 1 million people from their homes in Lebanon in the last seven weeks. Since hostilities erupted a year ago, Israeli attacks on Lebanon have killed 3,243 people and injured 14,134, the Lebanese health ministry said. Its figures do not distinguish between civilians and combatants.
Hezbollah attacks have killed roughly 100 civilians and soldiers in northern Israel, the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, and southern Lebanon over the last year.
Nigerian skit creator and actress, Kemi Ikuseedun, widely recognized as Mummy Wa, has shared her ordeal with sexual harassment within the film industry. She disclosed her experiences during a recent appearance on the ‘WithChude podcast’ hosted by Chude Jideonwo.
Mummy Wa rose to prominence in 2023 after featuring in skits alongside Mr. Macaroni.
In her account, the actress revealed that she faced unwelcome sexual propositions from filmmakers while trying to build her career.
“Behind the scenes, a lot of people are asking for things. They are requesting for a whole lot of things that I cannot do.
“Where do I want to start from? Me that I’m already coming from a place where they tell me ‘this thing will not work’. How many people do I want to sleep with?
“To be honest, you might actually sleep with somebody in the industry and you will still not blow with the role they will give you. I saw a lot of men. But guess what? Even the slim ones that don’t have anything, they are still asking for things from them.
“No woman is free. No woman is immune. But I can’t do it.”
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