BREAKING! FRSC BANS “EGO OBALA” PLATE NUMBER GLAMORIZING RITUAL KILLING



Nollywood celebrity and social media influencer, Ugezu J. Ugezu has confirmed that the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC has been a customized plate number for glamorizing Ritual Killing.
From the post on his Instagram page, the plate number audaciously reads “EGO OBALA” which literarily means BLOOD MONEY in Igbo Language and was issued by FRSC in ignorance.
“Can you find an explanation as to the reason a human being can buy a car and register same as EGO OBALA… which translates… BLOOD MONEY???” he queried

However, following public outcry and opprobrium, they obviously realized that the distasteful plate number was ill intentioned.
Already, several online commentators are hailing the Nollywood icon, urging other Nollywood celebrities to join him in the campaign.
Instead of joining in the campaign to get Nollywood to focus on newer and more constructive story lines, other than the stale and over told “Ritual Killing” story line, other A list Actors appear to be rationalizing and even trivializing the issue.
Recently, Rt Hon Toby Okechukwu, Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives and Member representing Aninri /Awgu /Oji River in the Green Chamber has been leading the campaign against the Ritual Killing epidemic, both on the floor of the House and beyond.
In his last interview on Weekend Deal, the NTA Saturday morning show, Okechukwu called on “all stakeholders, especially Nollywood, religious institutions, the school and most importantly, parents, to join the Campaign Against Ritual Killing”.
Evidently, Ugezu’s advocacy is in response to that clarion call and a step in the right direction.