Anambra
A group of louts on Sunday descended heavily on an unidentified tricycle operator for refusing to pay park levy.
The incident happened at the popular UNIZIK Temporary Site, Awka, Anambra State.
It was gathered that the tricycle rider refused to pay the fees as demanded by the louts, reminding them that Governor Chukwuma Soludo had announced the ban on their activities during his inaugural address on Thursday.
An eyewitness, who identified himself as Frank, said the louts, numbering three, had approached the tricycle operator and asked him to pay them the usual N200.
He said, “The tricycle operator, on hearing that, laughed and asked them to go and look for something else to be doing, as ‘touting’ has expired in Anambra, except they are the only people who had not heard that Soludo had banned touting in the state.
“But the ‘touts’ insisted and told him they were not ready for such jokes.”
He added, “His action angered the louts, who did not only seize his foot mat, but also forcefully pulled him out of his tricycle and started throwing punches on his face, while he grabbed and tightly held one of them.”
“However, before people could separate them, the tricycle operator’s face, his cheeks and his mouth were already swollen, while blood was also dropping from his mouth.” he added.
Soludo had, during his inaugural address on Thursday, banned all form of ‘touting’ and cash payment of taxes in the state.
