A member of the House of Representatives, Alex Mascot Ikwechegh, on Sunday, assaulted an e-hailing driver who went to deliver a package (of snails) to him.
The hapless driver whose name is yet unknown in a viral video filmed what transpired between him and at a place thought to be Ikwechegh’s residence in highbrow Maitama, Abuja.
The amateur video depicted the visibly angry federal lawmaker who represents Aba North & South Federal Constituency – repeatedly slapping and insulting the driver for telling him to come out and get his package and pay him his fare.
In the clip, Ikwechegh, a member of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) insisted that the request was disrespectful given his social status while threatening to make the driver “disappear” without any consequence.
“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.”
When the driver requested the delivery fee, the politician slapped him multiple times querying if the driver knew who he was talking to.
“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,” he boasted.
In September 2023, the National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Umuahia, Abia State capital, led by Justice Adeyinka Aderibigbe, sacked Emeka Nnamani, who originally won the election and a member of the Labour Party 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.
Ikwechegh who hails from Igbere, Bende LGA was a two-time local government chairman.
