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Residents Bemoan Gridlock in Awka, Onitsha, Call Soludo for Solution

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A cross section of Anambra residents have appealed to Prof. Charles Soludo,  the incoming governor of the state to tackle growing gridlock in Awka and Onitsha.

Respondents who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Awka said that traffic situation in Awka, Nnewi and Onitsha was degenerating daily.

Mr Chris Chikelu said some locations in Awka have turned to nightmare for commuters, while blaming the problem on activities tricycle operators and revenue collectors collecting tolls from the operators.

“As motorists in Awka, places like Aroma junction, Kwata, Amawbia, Eke Awka roundabout and junction close to St. Peters Anglican Church, Amawbia among others have become gridlock flash points.

“Outside Awka, the same problem is there in several locations in Nnewi and Onitsha the commercial nerve centre of the state,” Chikelu said.

He blamed the problem on what he called rascally behaviour of tricycle operators.

Chikelu said that the incoming governor should look into the institutional rot that tends to encourage the growing traffic with a view to addressing it.

He said some of the tricycle operators have poor knowledge of traffic rules, but cause obstruction with impunity due to tolls they pay to revenue collectors.

Another respondent, Uchenna Okorafor, a commercial bus driver who plies Awka to Onitsha said addressing problem of gridlock in Awka and Onitsha would be appreciated as a gesture from Soludo.

“We are aware that outgoing governor, Willie Obiano has done his best, but the state is now becoming a very horrible place in terms of poor traffic control.

“Now that Obiano’s days are numbered, his successor, Soludo should sanitize the place before thinking of infrastructural provision, because some people now want to mess up the whole place.

“Let Soludo possibly look into the use of tricycles in some highly congested places like Onitsha main market axis, Upper Iweka, Ochanja market areas.

“He should also look at other densely populated locations in Awka and Nnewi,” Okorafor said.

Two others respondents Kenneth Okoye and Emma Ifesinachi said that some residents were already getting fed up with the growing incidence of gridlock in Awka and Onitsha.

“Since the recent hike in the price of petrol, you can often see vehicles abandoned at some locations that regularly record gridlock because the owner ran out of fuel or other challenges.

“If the situation persists after the inauguration of the next governor, I personally might consider relocating to Oji River town because issue of gridlock was why I left Lagos,” Okoye said.(NAN)

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32-year-old in Court For Allegedly Robbing Man of N4.5m iPhones

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The police in Lagos on Friday arraigned a 32-year-old businessman, Wilfred Ochie, who allegedly robbed a man of two iPhones worth N4.5 million with  gun.

Ochie, who resides at 3, Eleda Avenue, Iba, Lagos State, appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on a two-count charge of conspiracy and robbery.

The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.

According to the prosecutor, ASP Adegoke Ademigbuji, the defendant committed the offences on April 16 at Iba.

The prosecutor said that the defendant ordered two iPhone 16 Promax from the complainant, Mr Samuel Olotu, on jiji.com, on payment-on-delivery term.

The prosecutor said that when a rider went to deliver the phones, he was robbed at gunpoint.

Ademigbuji said that the defendant was tracked with the number he used to call the complainant.

The alleged offences contravene Sections 297 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

The Chief Magistrate, Mrs O. O. Kushanu, granted the defendant bail in the some of  N400,000 with two sureties in like sum.

Kushanu adjourned the case until June 19 for mention. (NAN)

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Court Remands Septuagenarian in Kirikiri Correctional Centre For Alleged Defilement

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 An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded a 74- year-old man, Aderinsola Addiths, in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling his neighbours ‘s teenage daughter.

Addiths a retiree, who resides at No. 1, Rafatu St., Balogun area, Iju Ishaga, Lagos is standing trial for defilement.

The Chief Magistrate, Mrs O.

O Kushanu refused to listen to the accused plea, and ordered him to be remanded in the Kirikiri Correctional Centre until May 20 pending advice from the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).

The Prosecutor, ASP Adegoke Ademigbuji told the court that the offence was committed sometimes in 2024 and February 2025 at the accused residence.

Ademigbuji said that the victim, a 13-year-old girl was sent to buy sachet water by the accused and upon her arrival, he shut the door after her.

The prosecutor said that the septuagenarian defiled the girl.

The offence according to the prosecutor contravened section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

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Poultry Farmers Decry High Cost of Feeds, Low Patronage

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Some poultry farmers in Bwari Area Council of the FCT, on Monday in Abuja, decried the incessant rise in the cost of poultry feeds, while also groaning over low patronage in the sale of birds in the market.

The farmers expressed their concerns in separate interviews in Abuja on Monday, while calling on producers and suppliers to consider a reasonable intervention.

One of the farmers, Mrs Joy Felix, said that although poultry farming was a profitable business that involved a lot of capital, it had, however, suffered set backs at the point of sales.

“You spend so much in setting up and most importantly the cost of feed hardly comes down once it goes up. Sometimes it suffers artificial scarcity and then a hike in price when it resurfaces.

“Once it is the fourth quarter of the year when a lot of people keep birds for either personal or commercial purposes during the Christmas season, the rush that comes with it gives the producers of these feeds a high advantage to make money and at the end of the day, you spend so much feeding these birds and then buyers bargain for less.

“It is somewhat frustrating. At the end, you may have to sell at a give-away price so you do not loose.”

Felix added that the cost of drugs for the birds was another challenge to the farmers, who are forced to use organic methods to treat diseases in birds.

“We sometimes use medicinal plants like bitter leaves and pawpaw leaves to either treat minor infections or boost their feeding, except when the situation is severe and in dire need of a veterinarian,” she said.

She urged various farmers’ associations, as well as other stakeholders to intervene and assist in finding a lasting solution to the challenges, with the hope to ease the plight of the farmers.

Similarly, Mr Ayo Bamidele, another poultry farmer, said that the cost of chicken feeds is so high, ranging from N10,000 to N14,000 per 50kg bag in the last one month, depending on the brand and location of farm.

According to Bamidele, a lot of farmers find it difficult to sell their birds during the festivities because, there is usually more supply of the birds than demands for it.

He said: “The cost of feeds has made farmers to put high price on the birds yet, buyers do not have that kind of money to buy them.

“Some of us actually made good breeds grow well enough for the price we put but the buyers don’t know this, they have no idea what it takes to feed and make  the birds gain weight.

“Also, with the economic situation, people want to buy but they don’t have the money. It is unfortunate. I wish we all can just help each other make things easy for ourselves.”

He, however, said that he was optimistic that he would make profitable sells against all odds, during and after the yuletide.

Mr Elimah Jacob, a distributor of poultry feeds in Bwari town, said that the high cost of feed was not new but a challenge that usually came with the period of mass poultry farming, especially before December.

He also said that the increase in prices of the feeds was usually from companies that produce the goods, whom, he added, also complained about either scarcity or shortage of raw materials for sufficient production.

Jacob also attributed the challenge to cost of transportation from the suppliers to the distributors, which has risen a great deal.

“We pay for bags of feeds in millions and the transportation, which may be in one or more trailer vehicles, cost a fortune also.

“Most times, you pay in full, yet, it takes several weeks before your supplies arrive because, the demand may be high at that moment and it takes turns to service distributors.

“By the time it finally gets to the point of sale, there is usually a rush for it.”

He noted that the prices, though not constant, may go lower after the Christmas celebration. (NAN)

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