The Chairman of Ughelli North Local Government Area, Hon. Jaro Egbo has announced the suspension of the council’s task force in charge of wrongful parking of vehicles and tricycles (keke) and environmental sanitation at the markets.
According to the statement on Monday by the Secretary to the Local Government Council, Mr. Unuavworho Irikefe Goodluck, the suspension, which takes immediate effect “followed allegations from different quarters that some unscrupulous persons among the taskforce personnel were using the name of the Council Chairman to extort money illegally from road users and market women.
“All activities of the task force are suspended until a proper one is put in place”.
It quoted the council Chairman as emphasising the need for members of the suspended task force to refrain from harassing members of the public and stop extorting money forthwith.
