OPEN PETITION : OHPRPH Against Extortion of Road Users by Delta State Board of Internal Revenue Taskforce in Udu LGA, Others
OPEN PETITION : OHPRPH Against Extortion of Road Users by Delta State Board of Internal Revenue Taskforce in Udu LGA, Others The organization for Human & People's Rights Protection and Humanitarian, OHPRPH, Delta State Chapter is petitioning the State Government to stop the officials of Delta State Board of Internal Revenue Taskforce from harassing and extorting road users, and also diverting supposed Government funds, extorted from members of the public to their private pockets. We observed that the officials of the task forces are in the habit of levying all sorts of fines arbitrarily on road users without regard for law and order in the state. They also connive with some security operatives to harass road users in the name of searching for those with expired vehicle particulars. Their recent act of illegality includes taking money from their perceived victims in the name of the Delta State Government without issuing receipts, and the money is not paid into t