Recounting his experience, Moghalu said that he decided to travel from Enugu, the Enugu State capital to a neigbhouring town of Nnewi in Anambra State in a rented “tokunbo” car and its driver, noting that he was stopped at about 20 different security checkpoints.
The former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kingsley Moghalu, has lamented the difficult experience of travelling across the South-East region of Nigeria as a result of presence of several security checkpoints.
Recounting his experience, Moghalu said that he decided to travel from Enugu, the Enugu State capital to a neigbhouring town of Nnewi in Anambra State in a rented “tokunbo” car and its driver, noting that he was stopped at about 20 different security checkpoints.
Moghalu, who was also the presidential candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP) in the February 2019 general elections, further lamented the bad state of roads in the region, saying that travelling in the Southeast was a difficult experience.
Revealing his ordeal on X platform (formerly Twitter), he said, “I travelled this weekend in the Southeast, with a rented “tokunbo” car and its driver. No security detail of any sort. I was totally incognito.
“We were stopped nearly 20 times at security checkpoints between Enugu and Nnewi. Bad roads. Travelling here is a difficult experience.”
I traveled this weekend in the Southeast, with a rented “tokunbo” car and its driver. No security detail of any sort. I was totally incognito. We were stopped nearly 20 times at security checkpoints between Enugu and Nnewi. Bad roads. Traveling here is a difficult experience.
— Kingsley Moghalu OON (@MoghaluKingsley) October 16, 2023
Recall that SaharaReporters in August this year reported that an estimated N2.8 trillion was extorted at gunpoint from residents of Southeast by various security agencies in three years between July 2020 and July 2023, according to a report by the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety).
The report titled: “Criminal Monies Have Taken over Security and Governance Duties in Eastern Nigeria,” indicated that out of the N2.8 trillion, extortions unleashed on people of eastern Nigeria at police and military roadblocks accounted for N670 billion.