An Onitsha-based businessman, Chief Ben Ezibe has written a protest letter to Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State and the Commissioner of Police, Anambra State over what he called “act of lawlessness/oppression and breach of peace” by people he described as  hoodlums who claimed to be agents of Anambra State government.

In a letter dated July 6, 2015 addressed to Chief Willie Obiano and made available to Vanguard in Onitsha, Chief Ezeibe  alleged that the hoodlums harassed, intimidated and vandalized his sports equipment shop located at No 11/13 Williams Street, Onitsha.

Part of the protest letter read, “it is with utter dismay as  a responsible law abiding citizen that we write to intimate  the governor on the use of miscreants and hoodlums by agents of Anambra State government to harass, intimidate and vandalize our Sports Equipment shop, located at No. 11 Williams Street, Onitsha.

“On Saturday, July  4, 2015, these miscreants and hoodlums armed with dangerous weapons and matchetes invaded our shop which was well locked up with padlocks and broke the padlocks with their weapons,  carting away our sports equipment and cash. The extent of items removed will, however, be revealed by audit,” he said.

“We are appealing to your Excellency, to intervene and halt these acts of lawlessness and destruction, we are not dealing on building materials and we are not members of Williams Street Building Materials Traders Association. We sincerely and passionately appeal to your Excellency to halt these shameful acts of recklessness and abuse of our fundamental rights.”

In a similar letter to the Commissioner of Police in Anambra State by Mr. Tochukwu Ezibe, a legal practitioner, the  traders called on the Commissioner of Police to deploy his men to their shops to track down these alleged hoodlums and miscreants and charge them for breaking into and looting their shop.

Meanwhile, the executives of Building Materials Traders Association, Williams Street Branch, have appealed to the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase to prevail on the police in Anambra State to stop giving these alleged agents of government  protection while they  break into their shops and cart away their goods to unknown places.

Chairman and Vice Chairman of the association, Mr. Christian Onyeiwu and Solomon Madubike respectively made the call, yesterday while addressing newsmen after assessing the damages done on their shops  and goods.

The duo said that they were surprised that some people said to be government agents will be breaking into their stores in the day time without their permission and carting away goods and cash to unknown an place in an attempt to evict them from their place of business.