Imo state yesterday lamented their plight in the hands of the Owelle
Rochas Okorocha -led Administration.
They painted a gory picture of heir plight and thrown their weight
behind the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship and
presidential candidates, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha and President Goodluck
Jonathan respectively.
The transport operators under the aegis of Association of Motorcycle,
Tricycle Transporters in Imo State pledged to vote massively for
President Goodluck Jonathan and Chief Emeka Ihedioha and all PDP
candidates in the forthcoming general elections.
The over 2000 transporters made their position known at a gathering
addressed by the Minister of State for Education, Prof. Viola Onwuliri
at the PDP secretariat along Okigwe Road, Owerri.
Prof. Onwuliri said only PDP controlled Federal and state governments
would liberate Imo people from the clutches of darkness represented by
the Okorocha administration.
The association complained to the minister about the unwarranted
harassments and intimidation of its members by the state government,
adding that after ensuring victory for Okorocha in 2011 his government
had subjected them to undue witch-hunting in their operation in the
state.
The association's Chairman Mr. Christopher Egwuasi expressed sadness
that even after they had won their case against the state government
in court, the agents of the government still harass them
indiscriminately.
Onwuliri, accompanied by Nigeria's ambassador to Hungary, Dr. Eddie
Oluoha, a chieftain of the PDP and former APC state Chairman, Marshal
Okoroafor- Anyanwu, among others, commended the transporters for
queuing behind Jonathan and Ihedioha.
She promised that the Federal Government would wade into the incessant
unwarranted harassment of the transporters.
--vofnImo
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