Enugu Community Protests Over Non-Implementation Of Road Project

Indigenes of Oma-Eke village in  Eke Community, Udi council area of Enugu State, at the weekend, staged a peaceful protest over non-implementation of a Federal 3.8Km. road project awarded in the village over two years ago.
The Enugu-Eke-Ogui-Uno-Eke Road spilling over to Eke-Obodo, Amankwo and Oma-Eke stretch was duly awarded to Flab Engineering Construction Company by the Federal Government  at the cost of over N400 million.
The indigenes, made up of both young and old, displayed placards with inscrip-tions”Buhari must hear this”, “Corruption Unlimited’’, “ICPC where are you, EFCC where are you’’, “Fraud Unlimited’’, “Public Procurement Act Crucified” among others.
Speaking with newsmen, the Traditional Ruler of Eke Community, Igwe Chiwendu Onuoha, described as a big scam an attempt by government officials  to commission a road project that was not executed.
Onuoha, who also hails from the Oma-Eke clan, said to the best of his knowledge he is not aware of any road project executed by the Ecological Trust Fund, not to talk of completion at Oma-Eke.
Reacting, Chairman of Oma-Eke Town Union, Chief Kenneth Ogudu, expressed shock that certain unseen fellows were trying to perpetrate fraud with the said road project, adding that the people would not allow that to happen.
Ogudu, therefore, called on President Mohammadu Buhari and other relevant anti-corruption agencies to step into the matter, with a view to unravelling the truth of the matter.

By: Canice Amadi, Enugu