The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has asked security agencies to arrest the managing director of Hartland Nigeria Limited over the company’s alleged failure to complete an 11-kilometre section of the Benin-Onitsha Expressway despite allegedly receiving N14 billion for the project.
Mr Umahi gave the directive on Thursday during an inspection of road infrastructure along the Agbor-Asaba-Onitsha corridor in Delta State, according to a report by Channels Television.
The minister expressed anger over the state of the road, particularly the section from Summit Junction to the Head Bridge, saying the contractor had completed only about 40 per cent of the work covered by the agreement.
The contract includes the construction of the 11-kilometre stretch as well as channelisation and hydraulic structures.
‘I am going to look for him to arrest him’ – Minister
