By Ed Malik, A | ed@ddnewsonline.com | posted Ocotober 28, 2024
Honourable Alex Ikwechegh, a member of Nigerian House of Representatives, has stirred the angst of the public for the barbaric assault on a driver of the popular e-hailing Service Bolt in Abuja, after a delivery was made to him.
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Ikewechegh, who represents Ohaji/Egbema/Oguta/Oru West Federal Constituency in Imo State, was heard in the now viral recording, threatening the driver saying, “I Can Make You Disappear from Nigeria And Nothing Will Happen”.
The bone of contention was when the lawmaker refused to pay the driver for the delivery service and boasted that he is a member of the House of Representatives. And to drive home his threats, he broke the Bolt driver’s phone and tore his clothes for allegedly “disrespecting him”.
In a viral video trending on social media, the law maker was captured, brutally assaulting an e-hailing driver who went to his (the lawmaker) residence in Abuja for delivery.
The lawmaker was seen slapping the driver about three times while also hurling insults at him for asking him to come to his car to collect what he (the driver) was there to deliver. Ikwechegh also threatened to make the driver disappear from Nigeria, saying nothing would happen if he did.
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The lawmaker refused to pay the driver and boasted that he is a member of the House of Representatives. He broke the driver’s phone and tore his clothes for “disrespecting him”, and also threatened to beat the driver and lock him in his generator house to make him suffer.
As he ranted and hurled insults at the Uber driver, the lawmaker said, “Do you know where you are? Do you know who I am?”
The driver who spoke in a soft tone said, “Oh, no sir. Just give me the money back.”
The lawmaker said, “So you think I will give you my money with the way you have spoken to me?”
The driver replied, “I did a job for you and you have to pay me.”
But Ikwechegh said, “You will not see any penny from me. With this level of disrespect, you are very stupid, very-very stupid.”
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The lawmaker then called a woman who is believed to be the one who sent the driver to deliver the package on the phone and said, “Madam, who is this stupid boy that you sent to this my house? Who is this foolish boy that you sent to my house?
“How can this stupid idiot come to my house and tell me that I’m supposed to come and meet him in his car and pick up snails that I’m buying from you?”
The woman on the other end could be faintly heard saying, “How can he say that? I’m so sorry he doesn’t know who you are.”
The lawmaker continued, “Can you imagine this rat? I can make this man to disappear in the whole Nigeria and nothing will happen. Can you imagine this rat?”
While the woman on the phone continued to apologise, saying, “I’m so sorry sir,” the lawmaker said, “I’m not going to give this boy one Naira of my money. No, no, I am not going to give this silly boy one Naira of my money.”
At this point, the driver gently said, “You have been insulting me since and I have been quiet.”
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The lawmaker quickly said, “I pray that you insult me. Can you please insult me? I’m not going to call my policemen to beat you up. I will beat you up.
“I will show you that I’m a big brother to you. I will slap the hell out of you and I will lay you down, walk you into my generator house. How dare you?”