Hundreds of youths from Eleme and other communities in Rivers State, who had laid siege on a section of the east-west road in Rivers State on Sunday evening suspended the protest and will vacate the road at midnight.
The protesters, our reporter learnt, suspended the protest following the assurance given by the Chairman of Eleme Local Government Area, Obarilomate Ollor, that the contractor awarded the contract for the reconstruction of the road have been mobilised to the site.
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