Protesters, made up of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and other residents of Edo State, including youths, yesterday, staged a peaceful protest over hike in pump price of fuel.
They barricaded strategic locations within the metropolis and marched through Sapele Road to Ring Road, causing gridlock.
He noted that Nigerians could no longer endure hardship caused by hike in prices of petrol, describing it as anti-people. He said: “Our economy saboteurs are in high and low places, we will fight them. Before, we say we will resist them but now, we will fight them. He said the CSO will begin to picket filling stations selling above Federal Government approved price.
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