Keke NAPEP operator beaten to coma for insisting on obeying Gov Soludo’s order not to pay money to unauthorized revenue collector

A commercial tricycle operator was beaten to coma by a group of touts for insisting on not paying cash to them as directed by the new governor of Anambra State, Professor Charles Soludo.

The Governor had during his Inauguration speech directed that commercial vehicle operators, including tricycle and motorcycles cease from paying those touts operating in the name of revenue generation across the state. He assured that an acceptable system of revenue collection would be put in place to ensure that people were not unduly taxed.

The incident which occured on Sunday, March 20 at the park close to the Popular UNIZIK junction saw three touts who had accosted the tricycle driver demanding the normal N200 fee before commencing the daily business.

The driver however told them that he heard the new governor warning people not to pay cash to anybody, which infuriated the touts.

The tricycle operator was said to have told them to go and look for something else to do as ‘being a tout’ had expired in Anambra State. The touts insisted on collecting the money and told him they were not ready for jokes. They also told him that Soludo had just come, adding that he does not know how the system operates. It was at this point that they pounced on him until he fell and slipped into a coma.