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BREAKING: Protest Rocks Ebonyi Community
A protest has rocked the Ebonyi community on Saturday.
EKOHOTBLOG reports that scores of residents, on Saturday, barricaded the Afikpo-Abakaliki Expressway to protest the killing of three youths at the Akpoha community in the Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
It was gathered that a truck, in the early hours of Saturday, veered off the road and killed three youths suspected to be motorcyclist and two passengers.
A community source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, expressed sadness over the incident just as he advised commuters not to escalate the development.
The source said, “We are not happy over this development. A truck killed three of our youths and dumped their corpses in the bush and that’s why we are protesting about it.
“I will advise people [road users] to turn back. We are not happy at all. How can the truck driver kill our youths and hide their corpses?”
It was further gathered that the Afikpo-Abakaliki Expressway, Akpoha axis, has become impassable by commuters as vehicles were seen in a video parking along the road on Saturday.
Others were, however, making a reverse to avoid running into the irate youths in the area.
Meanwhile, relevant authorities and security agencies in the state have assured residents that the matter will soon be brought under control.
Also, the Ebonyi State Commissioner of Police, CP Aliyu Garba, explained that the incident was occasioned by an accident, saying, “It’s as a result of a fatal motor accident where an Okada rider and passenger were crushed to death.”
Sources further disclosed that the Chairman of Afikpo North Local Government Area, Mrs. Obiageri Oko-Enyim, and a coordinator in the area were on top of the matter to calm the youths and clear the expressway for commuters.
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