East-West Road: Rivers State Youths Protest

Youths from various communities in Eleme, Rivers State, shut down the Eleme section of the East-West Road in the early hours of Monday.

The youths, who are currently protesting against the continued neglect of the East-West Road, blocked the Akpajo and Refinery junction axis of the road which leads to the Port Harcourt refinery, the Indorama, the free trade zone, and the Onne seaport.

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The youths mobilised trucks which they used to block both ends leading to the nation’s critical infrastructures.

The former caretaker committee chairman of Eleme LGA, Johnson Wogu, called on the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio; and the Federal Government to fix the road as thousands of people going to work were stranded on Monday morning.

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