Veteran actor, Kanayo O. Kanayo, has taken to social media to complain about the high number of police and military checkpoints on South East roads.
In a video he posted on Instagram this morning, the actor said he is currently on the Lagos-Ibadan express road and has not witnessed any military or police checkpoint but that in the South East, within 200 meters, there is a military or police checkpoint ‘’harassing and humiliating” commuters.
He wondered if the high number of checkpoints stem from ‘’hatred or dislike” for indigenes of the South East.
‘’I left Felele Olorunshogo area of Ibadan this morning at about 7.15 and this is exactly 8.15 and I am in Lagos. I found out one thing. Over a distance of 80 kilometers, I didn’t see one checkpoint, one police checkpoint or an Army checkpoint, Have you ever plied the Onitsha/Enugu expressroad. Did you ever count the number of police checkpoints or military checkpoints on Enugu-Onitsha road?
Why is the South East militarized and policed that you cannot go for more than 200 meters without a police checkpoint. I need to ask this question because the delay in journeys and humiliation people go through needs to be pointed out. The number of police checkpoints, collection points? They humiliate our people so badly at most times people in the vehicle are asked to come down and hands up? Is this hatred? Is this dislike? This is not good. Is the South East still part of Nigeria?
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