Following the murder of a motorist by the operatives of the Ughelli North Council, Delta State Task Force on Traffic, the state government has disbanded all traffic task forces in the state.
Recall that some days ago, the Ughelli part of the state witnessed the ugly incident, which has been condemned by different groups and individuals.
Also, the chairman of Uvwie Local Government Council in the state, Hon Ramson Onoyake, has banned a similar task force on traffic control.
According to the chairman, the ban follows a series of complaints by vehicle owners and tricycle operators in the locality.
Onoyake, who stripped the traffic control task force members of their duties with immediate effect, lamented that they have been a turn in the flesh of motorists and tricycle operators despite warnings from him.
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Addressing the disbanded task force members at the council secretariat, Effurun, Onoyake recalled how he told them that they would be dissolved if they ran foul of the law.
He asked the chairman of the task force, Chief Lucky Orode and the dissolved members of the task force not to come near his office and ordered them to pull off their uniforms, noting that they had abused the trust reposed on them.
The chairman also asked the environment task force headed by two chairmen, not to allow members of the banned traffic task force get near them but perform their duties of cleaning the environment.
The vice chairman of the local government, Hon Henry Biyibi, the leader of Uvwie Legislative Arm, Hon Gabriel Obodo, councillors, and some council staff were present when the hammer fell on the task force personnel.
The vice chairman praised the decision of the chairman, stating that the council had received countless complaints in the past.