Veteran Nollywood actor, Kanayo O. Kanayo, has raised an alarm over the number of police and military checkpoints on South East roads.
Taking to his Instagram page on Wednesday Kanayo disclosed that he recently travelled through the Lagos-Ibadan express road for 1 hour and a distance of about 80 kilometers and did not see any military or police checkpoint.
He noted that commuters plying South East roads cannot travel within 200 meters with experiencing these security operatives at different checkpoints harassing and humiliating them.
The movie star asked if the high number of checkpoints could be adduced to the hate or dislike for the indigenes of the South East.
He said, “I left Felele Olorunshogo area of Ibadan this morning at about 7.15 and this is exactly 8.15 and I am in Lagos. I found out one thing. Over a distance of 80 kilometers, I didn’t see one checkpoint, one police checkpoint or an Army checkpoint, Have you ever plied the Onitsha/Enugu expressroad. Did you ever count the number of police checkpoints or military checkpoints on Enugu-Onitsha road?
“Why is the South East militarized and policed that you cannot go for more than 200 meters without a police checkpoint. I need to ask this question because the delay in journeys and humiliation people go through needs to be pointed out. The number of police checkpoints, collection points? They humiliate our people so badly that most times people in the vehicle are asked to come down and hands up? Is this hatred? Is this dislike? This is not good. Is the South East still part of Nigeria?”