Governor of Ebonyi state, Engr. Dave Umahi has ordered his Aide-De-Camp (ADC) to shoot at any group of persons or any individual that blocks his convoy within the state.
Reports reveals that some youths had mounted a blockade, stopping the governor’s convoy while he was returning to Abakaliki from his home town after attending a wake-keeping on Saturday.
Governor Umahi in a statement stressed that it was an offense to block the Governor’s convoy and also ordered for the arrest and prosecution of those that blocked his convoy.
The governor also banned wake-keep and other ceremonies in the state after 10pm.
The Governor said “Yesterday night, I was coming back around midnight. When we got to Onicha, they blocked the road.
“Even with the litany of army and police and everything, they did not want to open the road. Then I said they should arrest all of them, but most of them ran away.
“All of them will go to prison. So they have to identify them, bring them here and we will prosecute them to show example. “And I want it to be announced that henceforth, no wake-keep should pass 10pm.
“If you must pass 10pm, take written permission from the chairman of the local government and both the chairman and the person that requested it will be held responsible if any problem occurs.
“This should be widely circulated and properly announced.
“My problem is not that they blocked the Governor but my worry is that, what if it were a smaller person that was passing, who had no army and police, they would have robbed the person. That’s what it means.
“Any other time, the ADC should order for a shoot. It is against the law to block the Governor, and if anyone should be killed in the process, it is in accordance with the law, “he said.
