A popular actress, Hilda Dokubo, has passionately begged Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike to halt increasing cases of kidnapping, killing and raping along the Emohua-Kalabari road in Rivers State.

Despite being a deathtrap following its deplorable condition, the popular highway, which leads to three major riverine local government areas of Akuku-Toru, Asari Toru and Degema has become a safe haven for kidnappers.

Known recently as the riskiest and most dangerous route in Rivers, the road, because of its deplorable state, has aided operations of a gang of kidnappers, who kill, rape, maim their victims and collect ransoms from others.

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Dokubo, in a video he posted on her Facebook page, cried to Wike for help lamenting that people from her area had become daily victims of the evil gang.

She said: “This is a cry for help. While the rest of Nigeria were celebrating the Independence Day, my people in Buguma were crying and mourning one of our own, a 45-year-old Livingstone, who until his death was a driver, who commuted people from Port Harcourt to Buguma.

“Kidnappers stopped him and they shot him dead. He is one of several victims, who had gone that way. Daily, people are kidnapped on that road and killed. Our daughters are raped and exploited and robbed. Our sons are murdered and this has gone on for so long.

“What encourages this crime is the status of our road. The Emohua-Kalabari road is in deplorable state. It is so bad that it has become a death trap. It encourages crime and insecurity.

“I want to beg you my governor, Nyesom Wike, you are known as Mr. Project. You are known for constructing roads and bridges and I can attest to it. It is on this basis I plead with you. You have sworn to protect the life and property of Rivers people and Kalabari people are Rivers people.

“That road is a route to our home, Asari Toru, Akuku Toru and Degema. If you fix it you can save us from untimely death. You can save our women from dying poor. I beg you Mr. Governor.

“I know you can do this if you choose to. Please come to our aide. We have been robbed enough. We have been raped enough and our sons and daughters have been killed enough”. (The Nation)

•Nigerian award-winning film actress, activist and youth advocate, Hilda Dokubo

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