Tricycle operators shut down Ebonyi over extortion, multiple taxation

From Uchenna Inya, Abakaliki

Human and vehicular movements were halted for hours on Tran-Saharan- highway in Abakaliki, the capital of Ebonyi State on Friday, when tricycle operators protested alleged extortion and multiple taxation. The Tran-Saharan highway connects Taraba and Cameroon.

The tricycle operators in their thousands also blocked other adjoining roads and streets that link the…