‘I Am Now Known As Man Who Makes Things Disappear’, Abia Rep Ikwechegh Boasts

A member of the House of Representatives, Alex Mascot Ikwechegh, who was in the news for assaulting a Bolt driver in Abuja sometimes in October 2024, has said that he is now known by Nigerians as “the man that makes things disappear.”

Ikwechegh, who appeared on Channels Television’s breakfast show on Tuesday, said he has moved on from the episode and has built a friendship with the e-hailing cab driver, Stephen Abuwatseya.

Ikwechegh, who represents Aba North & South federal constituency of Abia State in the House of Representatives on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), said: “What happened was quite unfortunate but I take it as an avenue for me as a person to also build a relationship with the young man. Today, we are friends. I was taken to court but the court found no merit and then it was struck out.”

“The video that everybody saw was a low moment. I felt the sanctity of my home was being desecrated. The part of the video where you people saw was the part that people saw; people do not know what happened before that reaction. Like they say, actions pre-empt reactions.

“But whatever anybody has seen is not indicative of who I am. I’ve been in the public space for a very long time and there has never been any scandal about me. However, the young man is my friend now and I am very close to his Bishop, his pastor and I’ve made a bunch of new friends and today the whole of Nigeria now knows me as the man that makes things to disappear. We’ve moved on, it’s in the past now,” he added.

LEADERSHIP recalls the lawmaker Ikwechegh was berated by netizens for assaulting Abuwatseya in the viral video in 2024.

Ikwechegh was seen angrily confronting and hitting the driver while making threatening remarks. “Can you imagine this rat? I can make this man disappear.”