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Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi on Tuesday ordered Nigerian troops to flog civil servants who arrived late for work at the state’s Government House.<\/div>\n
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As seen in a video clip shared on Twitter by human rights lawyer, Chidi Odinkalu, the governor personally supervised the flogging. He was on a project inspection in Abakaliki, the state capital when his convoy stopped at the gate of the Government House.<\/div>\n
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An angry Umahi who did not step down from official vehicle all the while, then ordered soldiers to stop civil servants who had arrived late and flog them.<\/div>\n
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The civil servants were seen rolling on the ground in anguish as they were flogged by the soldiers, even as onlookers watched from a distance.<\/div>\n
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Reacting to the video, Odinkalu wrote on his Twitter page, \u201cSo, today in Ebonyi, @GovDaveUmahi went for a project inspection & then instructs the soldiers to flog – yes flog! – civil servants who arrived late.<\/div>\n
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\u201cNot done, Dave Umahi supervised the flogging. Tomorrow, he’ll be rewarded with seat in @NGRSenate\u201d.<\/div>\n
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Pointblanknews.com recalls that in 2019, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State paid an unscheduled visit to state secretariat and locked out hundreds of civil servants who came late to work.<\/div>\n
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Governor AbdulRazaq arrived at the secretariat at 7.55am and when it was 8.00am, he ordered security men to lock the two entrances into the secretariat complex.<\/div>\n
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Hundreds of workers were locked out of the complex and the few workers that had arrived for work rushed to their offices.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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