May 27, 2026
By Chimaobi Nwaiwu
Commercial tricycle operators in Onitsha and Ogbaru Local Government Areas of Anambra State have vowed to collaborate with security agencies to identify and apprehend criminals using tricycles to perpetrate robberies and other crimes in the areas.
The operators, under the aegis of the Anambra Keke Drivers Forum, AKDF, said the decision was taken in appreciation of what they described as the efforts of the Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Ikioye Orutugu, in removing illegal police checkpoints allegedly used to extort commercial tricycle operators.
Speaking during a briefing at the forum’s office along Obodoukwu Road in Okpoko, Ogbaru Local Government Area, leaders of the association commended the police commissioner for ordering officers allegedly involved in “pole-to-pole extortion checkpoints” to vacate the roads.
