The convoy of the Senator representing Abia South zone at the National
\nAssembly, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe on Thursday, had a rough deal with
\nsoldiers at the military checkpoint at Nsulu Games Village on the old Aba
\n— Umuahia highway.
\nTrouble started for the senator who serves as the spokesman of the senate
\nwhen his 5 -vehicle convoy which was on its way back from Umuahia, overran
\nthe barricade set up at the checkpoint as a brand Toyota Sienna car with
\nthe inscription, \u02dcBarr. Friday Nwosu Foundation\u2122 has already gone halfway
\nthrough the second barricade leading to a gridlock with each party claiming
\nright of way.
\nFollowing the confusion, the driver of the branded car was said to have
\ninsisted on not going back as the convoy of the senator which was far off
\nwhen he was already halfway through the barricade should have waited for
\nhim but chose to block the road.
\nAccording to eyewitness accounts, the soldiers on duty who were visibly
\nangered at the unruly behavior of the senator and his convoy reprimanded
\nthem and ordered the 5 vehicles in his convoy to turn back and make way for
\nthe branded bus of the Barr. Friday Nwosu Foundation to drive through the
\nbarricade.
\nThe soldiers further rebuked the two MOPOL men in the senator convoy who
\nhad already disembarked and threatened to deal with the driver of the
\nSienna car if he fails to make way for the senator.
\nA source hinted that Abaribe who is now contesting for the Abia
\ngovernorship seat in 2015 was seated in one of the jeeps in the convoy, but
\ncould not utter a word to the soldiers as he wound down his windscreen and
\nordered the driver of the pilot security car to turn back.<\/p>\n
The source further stated that the Barr. Friday Nwosu who is a governorship
\naspirant was not in the Sienna car as at the time of the incident.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Said one of the eyewitnesses, Senator Abaribe convoy was clearly at
\nfault because the Sienna car had almost gone through the last barricade at
\nthe checkpoint before the senator security vehicle which was coming from
\nthe Umuahia end decided to block the road. I was on my way back from
\nUmuahia when the convoy overtook me and I later caught up with them at the
\ncheckpoint only to witness the confusion. The convoy has already stopped to
\nallow the Sienna pass, but later started moving.
\n“May be, they did it because they recognized the oncoming car as that of
\nhis opponent in the governorship race. I commend the soldiers for the way
\nthey handled the situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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