By Elias Nnamdi
Alex Ikwechegh, a member of the House of Representatives, attacked a Bolt driver who was delivering a package to him on Sunday.
In a widely shared video, the agitated driver, whose identity is still unknown, captured their interactions at Ikwechegh’s home in Maitama, Abuja.
The legislator from the Aba North & South Federal Constituency (APGA), who was clearly enraged, was shown in the video continuously slamming and cursing the driver for requesting him to come out and retrieve the snail that the driver was supposed to give to him.
this conversation that ensured between them. Ikwechegh said in the video that the request was disrespectful considering his social standing and threatened to have the driver “disappear” without any repercussions.
“Are you aware of my identity? (Driver) Nothing will happen .if I force this driver to vanish from all of Nigeria. This boy will not receive a single naira of my money.
“I will beat you myself; I will not get my policeman to do it for me. I will tie you up, lie you down, and put you in my generator house to demonstrate my role as your big brother. Are you aware of your location? when you noticed me sitting out outside. Take a look at this monkey.
The politician repeatedly struck the driver after he asked for the delivery charge and asked whether he knew who he was speaking to.”Do you recognize me? I just smacked you, and you will not do anything about it. Honorable Alex Ikwechegh is my name; inform the people that I slapped you. I smacked you; call the Inspector General of Police and invite him to come. He boasted, “Record me extremely well.”Recall that in September 2023, the National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal, presided over by Justice Adeyinka Aderibigbe and located in Umuahia, the capital of Abia State, dismissed Labour Party member Emeka Nnamani and mandated that Ikwechegh, a candidate for the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), who finished second in the general election of 2023, be granted a certificate of return.
The reason for Nnamani’s termination was certificate falsification.”There was nothing like the court prohibiting me, Emeka Nnamani, from contesting an election in Nigeria for ten years,” the legislator said, refuting the claim and calling it a “lie from the bottom of hell.” That is a crock of lies and a falsehood that opposition parties frequently use to undermine us.
“The court’s statements from that period in 2015 are documented. Since our jurisprudence is flawless and operates based on the evidence at their disposal, I do not wish to cast doubt on the court’s competence.The institution has since claimed that they had problems with the school’s records and exams, which resulted in the loss of some records during the transition from analog to digital records keeping. As of 2015, there were numerous hiccups that my opponent exploited by bringing up the institution.
There have been instances of missing records, and someone went to that organization and exploited the issue. However, the institution has now cleared me,” he insisted.
