Since Monday last week, routine traffic at Eleme in Rivers State and along the strategic East West Road, had been disrupted by protesting youths of Ogoni extraction. Their grouses comprise the grossly deplorable state of the highway,....
extraction. Their grouses comprise the grossly deplorable state of the highway, along with the interminable filibustering by the Federal government in rehabilitating the highway, after several of its promises failed to materialize. Admittedly, until the launch of their protest, traffic along that section had been hellish as the grid lock there often kept commuters in their vehicles for hours on end.
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