BY EMMA AMAIZE

WARRI – Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, was caught up in a traffic jam, caused by police checkpoints, yesterday, at Effurun Roundabout, Effurun, near  Warri, on his way back from an official assignment in Sapele.

Unknown to the governor, it was an everyday experience for motorists, but a flustered Uduaghan, got out of his vehicle to personally control traffic.

Motorists hailed him when they later discovered it was the governor, who had  stopped to direct traffic, while traders and passersby gathered to watch, when they heard that it was Gov. Uduaghan that was directing traffic.

Speaking to newsmen later, the governor charged motorists not to drive in a manner that would slow down the free flow of traffic.

He expressed dissatisfaction at the indiscriminate mounting of roadblocks by security agencies with disused tyres, garbage and ruptured sand bags, which he noted causes long queues of vehicles, adding, “this long queue of vehicles is as a result of the haphazard mounting of roadblocks at this roundabout.”

He urged the security agencies to conduct their duties at the checkpoints diligently and in a way that would not cause traffic jam and chaos.