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What happened to TIMARIV? The once very disciplined and organized dispatch of traffic marshals has become a company of touts and rudderless collective of revenue scouts and collectors. Port Harcourt residents have had to deal with the excesses of this PPP model of traffic management in the state. I gather that TIMARIV staff have not been paid for over six months with no explanation from their employers. It is also shocking that traffic marshals are given revenue targets. What this means is that a TIMARIV officer must impound a certain number of cars in a month to meet his/her target. The effect of this can best be imagined.
The selective nature of their 'attacks' is also worrisome. They have made women, corporate vehicles and commercial drivers their targets, maybe because they consider them easy preys. I can't tell but I know, TIMARIV has become a desperate set of freebooters.
A driver at the Agip junction area of Port Harcourt, a few months ago, set his taxi ablaze after a TIMARIV belligerent forced the taxi open, and in a commando style dispossessed him of the vehicle keys. Caught up in the frenzy from the assault and the thought of the sequestration of his taxi, he simply emptied the gallon of petrol in his car trunk and set the sedan ablaze. Stupid action you may think, but "when you have it up to here," like Nigerians say, the unthinkable is sometimes spontaneous.
This is a call on TIMARIV to respect citizens, and stop being predators, especially to the most vulnerable on our roads. It is also a call on the state government to pay these young workers their salaries, for a labourer deserves his/her wage. Finally, I call on the police to call TIMARIV to order.
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I was a victim of this extortion on 27/01/2015, along aba-express road close to air force base. the timariv officer approached me at the junction while we were waiting for the airforce officer to pass our line. he gave signal and i opened the passenger's side glass. he immediately entered the car and asked if i did not see the signal he was giving to me. i asked him whether people stay at pedestrial's path way to give signal. the long and short of this is that he started threatening me and requesting for settlement of an offence i did not commit. i told him i was a retired senior citizen of this great country but he retorted that i was among those who brought the economic woes of the country. he sat tight in the vehicle and followed me up to polo field. he told me that he lost his father when he was eight years old and his mother brought him up. he sold newspaper and did sundry jobs to get part time university education at the university of PH. According to him, he has a B.SC in english language. he first joined Odili's police, before joining the timariv. initially he was ashamed to wear the timariv uniform, but later overcame this shame when he bought cars out of the proceeds that he got from extortion. he eventually took all the money i had in my pocket about N10,000, before he dropped from my car. from all the discussions i had with him, they look out for oldmen who are driving themselves and alone in the vehicle. they know you cant make calls whlie driving to ask for help. the police should come to the aid of defenseless citizens who fall into the snares of these rogues in government uniform. people are being pushed, suppressed and extorted. it is only in the jungle where injustice strives. if left unchecked, people will fight back in defence.
They should be out totally
its long over due
Every 1 should sign thus and share u experiences with timariv also
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What happened to TIMARIV? The once very disciplined and organized dispatch of traffic marshals has become a company of touts and rudderless collective of revenue scouts and collectors. Port Harcourt residents have had to deal with the excesses of this PPP model of traffic management in the state. I gather that TIMARIV staff have not been paid for over six months with no explanation from their employers. It is also shocking that traffic marshals are given revenue targets. What this means is that a TIMARIV officer must impound a certain number of cars in a month to meet his/her target. The effect of this can best be imagined.
The selective nature of their 'attacks' is also worrisome. They have made women, corporate vehicles and commercial drivers their targets, maybe because they consider them easy preys. I can't tell but I know, TIMARIV has become a desperate set of freebooters.
A driver at the Agip junction area of Port Harcourt, a few months ago, set his taxi ablaze after a TIMARIV belligerent forced the taxi open, and in a commando style dispossessed him of the vehicle keys. Caught up in the frenzy from the assault and the thought of the sequestration of his taxi, he simply emptied the gallon of petrol in his car trunk and set the sedan ablaze. Stupid action you may think, but "when you have it up to here," like Nigerians say, the unthinkable is sometimes spontaneous.
This is a call on TIMARIV to respect citizens, and stop being predators, especially to the most vulnerable on our roads. It is also a call on the state government to pay these young workers their salaries, for a labourer deserves his/her wage. Finally, I call on the police to call TIMARIV to order.
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I urge the Police Commissioner to investigate the corrupt racketeers behind TIMARIV
I was a victim of this extortion on 27/01/2015, along aba-express road close to air force base. the timariv officer approached me at the junction while we were waiting for the airforce officer to pass our line. he gave signal and i opened the passenger's side glass. he immediately entered the car and asked if i did not see the signal he was giving to me. i asked him whether people stay at pedestrial's path way to give signal. the long and short of this is that he started threatening me and requesting for settlement of an offence i did not commit. i told him i was a retired senior citizen of this great country but he retorted that i was among those who brought the economic woes of the country. he sat tight in the vehicle and followed me up to polo field. he told me that he lost his father when he was eight years old and his mother brought him up. he sold newspaper and did sundry jobs to get part time university education at the university of PH. According to him, he has a B.SC in english language. he first joined Odili's police, before joining the timariv. initially he was ashamed to wear the timariv uniform, but later overcame this shame when he bought cars out of the proceeds that he got from extortion. he eventually took all the money i had in my pocket about N10,000, before he dropped from my car. from all the discussions i had with him, they look out for oldmen who are driving themselves and alone in the vehicle. they know you cant make calls whlie driving to ask for help. the police should come to the aid of defenseless citizens who fall into the snares of these rogues in government uniform. people are being pushed, suppressed and extorted. it is only in the jungle where injustice strives. if left unchecked, people will fight back in defence.
They should be out totally
its long over due
Every 1 should sign thus and share u experiences with timariv also
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I urge the Police Commissioner to investigate the corrupt racketeers behind TIMARIV