A member of the House of Representatives representing Aba North and South Federal Constituency (APGA), Alex Ikwechegh on Sunday assaulted an e-hailing (Bolt) driver who went to deliver a package to him.
A now-viral video recorded by the yet-to-be identified driver showed the Reps member repeatedly slapping and insulting the driver for demanding his delivery fee, querying if the driver knew who he was talking to.
Ikwechegh claimed the driver disrespected him for telling him to come out and get the snail he was meant to deliver to him given his social status.
The lawmaker in the video was seen promising to make the driver “disappear” without any consequences.
Ikwechegh said: “Do you know who I am? I can make this man (driver) disappear in the whole of Nigeria and nothing will happen. Can you imagine this rat? I am not going to give this boy one naira of my money.
“I am not going to call my policemen to beat you up, I will do that myself. I will show that I am a big brother to you, tie you up, lie you down and put you in my generator house. Do you know where you are? Because you saw me sitting outside here. Look at this monkey.
“Do you know who I am I just slapped you and there’s nothing you will do. My name is Honourable Alex Ikwechegh, tell them (public) I slapped you. Call the Inspector General of Police that I slapped you, let him come. Record me very well.”
The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Umuahia, Abia State capital, led by Justice Adeyinka Aderibigbe, in September 2023, sacked Emeka Nnamani, who is a member of the Labour Party based on certificate forgery and ordered that a certificate of return be issued to Ikwechegh, a candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), who came second in the 2023 general election.
Source: The nation
