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Nigerians Condemn Gov. Umahi For Ordering Orderlies To Flog ‘Civil Servants’

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October 5, 2022
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Reactions, on Wednesday, continued to trail the alleged flogging of some civil servants and others at the site of the ongoing Ebonyi Airport, Onueke, in the Ezza South Local Government Area of the state, on Tuesday, by military men suspected to be security men attached to Governor David Umahi.

This is as the State Government debunked the claims, saying those shown in the video were miscreants who planned to enforce sit-at-home orders and instill fear in workers on the site while the governor was on inspection.

 

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It was gathered that a video is currently trending on social media, wherein some people, including a Permanent Secretary were flogged and were asked to sit on the bare floor of the airport site, allegedly on the order of the governor, because they reported late to work, on Tuesday.

The video has since received widespread condemnations within and outside the state.

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Commenting on the video, a lawyer and human rights activist, in the state, Barr Steve Ugama, described it as unfortunate, adding it was demeaning of an elected governor.

He said, “I have watched the video and it is clearly evident that it happened right in the presence of the governor. It’s utterly disgusting. There are better ways of punishing civil servants who came to work late.

“For an elected governor to order the flogging of citizens in the manner as portrayed in the video is very unfortunate. It should never have happened and all right-thinking citizens of the state have to condemn it. It’s so demeaning.

“Our governor keeps doing things that will rubbish the good works he has done. It’s my hope that those he flogged will take steps to seek redress in appropriate courts.”

The Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state, Chika Nwoba, said, “Governor David Umahi ordering his military security men to beat workers in Ebonyi State, shows the state is becoming a junta of a regime.

“Umahi is becoming a military ruler in a democracy. His APC gubernatorial candidate, Francis Nwifuru, is watching and probably learning the art of brutish governance.” Punch

He added, on his Facebook Page, on Tuesday night, “Governor David Umahi visited the Ebonyi airport site in Onueke by 7:30 am today.

“He ordered that the gate be closed against workers arriving at the site after him. He ordered his military men to flog each of them with 7, 12, and 18 strokes of the cane.

“All the workers and civil servants rolled on the muddy floor and were flogged like common criminals. The elders amongst them cried aloud to no mercy.

“Is it wrong having a worker coming to a construction site by 8 and 8:30 a.m from Abakaliki to Ezza South/North LGAs, where the site is located?

“If a governor could treat his elders including a Permanent Secretary that way, what about his wife in the house? What about those working for him in the house?”

On his part, a former Commissioner for Information in the state and PDP stalwart, Abia Onyike, said the situation further portrayed the governor as “brutal, primitive, and barbaric”. (Punch )

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