Landlord Raises Alarm Over Resurgence Of Hoodlums In GRAs

A business man in Rivers State, Mr Ebiye Alamene Azibato Clay, has raised alarm over the resurgence of criminal activities within the Government Residential Areas (GRAs) in Port Harcourt and called for government’s urgent intervention to curtail and arrest the criminal upsurge in the area
Mr Azibato who is one of the landlords residing at Tombia Street in GRA, Phase 1 lamented that the activities of these hoodlums have made residents of this area to live in fear and apprehension ,saying that residents of this area have turbulent night rest due to the dangerous activities being perpetrated by the hoodlums
He made this lamentation in an interview with The Tide in Port Harcourt at the weekend, and added that the once Government Residential Area has been turned to a ghetto where all forms abnormal, criminal activities thrives “there is a motor park in the area where taxi drivers operate on daily basis without any molestation,which constitute nuisance in the area”
He averred that due to the various drinking Kai-kai Joints operating in the area ,hoodlums troupe in from all parts of the state to hibernated in the area, and added that all efforts made to ensure the problem is address yielded no positive result
According to him, Taxi Drivers from Ogbogoro and Rumuokoro converge there in the guise of visitation to spy on the area and carry out their surveillance, saying that they buy drinks at the container by the fence
He appealed to the State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike to come to their aid by directing the relevant government agencies responsible for Urban Renewal and Planning to immediately put up mechinaries to sanitie the area to ensure that those drinking joints,taxi parks and vulcaniser within the area were removed so as to restore the already lost glory of the area
He accused the Ministry of Urban and Housing as well as Port Harcourt City Local Government Authority for not taking prompt action since the matter was reported for their attention due to the illegal levies they are collecting from the occupants of the drinking joints in the area.
” last week ,they stabbed one of them who came to drink hot drink there and there was a fight among them and one of them was stabbed almost to death here..we were all forced to sleep early that night”
“we have notified the appropriate authorities in order to bring to an end this nonsense in this area but the urban development officials are in cahoots collecting various sums of money in allowing such illegality to continue in the heart of GRA Phase I Tombia Street, Port Harcourt,”he stated.