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#EndSARS Protesters Block Movement As They Keep Vigil On Abuja Airport Road (Photo) |
The Airport Road in Abuja was taken over by some very defiant protesters of # EndSARS.
On Friday, the youths held a vigil at the Airport Road in Abuja to drive their demands home, reports The Nation.
The protesters, who had been there since the morning, triggered gridlocks of traffic that extended for miles.
As the protesters, who said they were holding a light festival, held up candlelights and their telephone lights to commemorate members of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), it was a huge crowd.
They said they were going to spend the night there, all Saturday, all the way through Sunday.
It was gathered some pastors have decided to visit them there and preach to them as well as identify with their struggle.
The gridlock created by the protesters, it was gathered, caused a lot of intending travelers to miss their flights at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport as well as other significant engagements.
Also, residents who lived along the Airport Road axis of Abuja were stuck and could not get home.
Benefiting from the situation were food vendors and petty traders who flooded the protest ground to sell.
Also, commercial motorcyclists, popularly known as okada, took advantage of the gridlock to hike their fares.
Trips that usually cost N100 were charged for as much as N500, it was observed.
Groups of persons it was also observed brought musical instruments to play while they tarried.
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