Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have taken over the venue of the protest by aviation workers unions as the unions’ two-day warning strike that commenced on Monday enters the second. SaharaReporters reported on Monday that the protest ground near the Murtala Muhammad Airport (MMA) General Aviation Terminal (domestic terminals) in Lagos State was barricaded on, grounding vehicular movement on Airport road and thereby leaving passengers stranded and frustrated as they had to trek to the airport.
April 18, 2023
SaharaReporters reported on Monday that the protest ground near the Murtala Muhammad Airport General Aviation Terminal in Lagos State was barricaded on, grounding vehicular movement on Airport road and thereby leaving passengers stranded and frustrated as they had to trek to the airport. The workers who have vowed to totally shut down the aviation sector if their demands were not met commenced the two-day protest across major airports in Nigeria on Monday.
It was reported that no fewer than six police vehicles including officers deployed from the Rapid Response Squad , a unit under the police command, were at the protest ground.
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