Motorists Lament Police Extortion, Vandalism Of Vehicles At Checkpoints

Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital has come under heavy security siege at peace time in what the commissioner of police (CP), Baba Azare, said was a necessary action to keep criminal elements at bay.
But checks by LEADERSHIP revealed that the Uyo metropolis had become so chocked by the men in black, creating an atmosphere of unease, as the transporters face routine harassment and extortion at several checkpoints in Uyo
Capital Development Authority (UCCDA), covering the peripheral local government areas of Uyo, Abak, Ibesikpo Asutan and Uruan.
Although organised crimes, especially armed robbery, kidnapping and cultism have reduced within the capital, it was gathered that petty securit...