Naira Crisis Sparks Riot In Ogun Communities [PHOTO]

• Riots have spread to Ogun communities as naira woes worsen.

• The protesters barricaded the Mowe end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and turned back motorists and travellers.

• The protesters reportedly resisted police intervention and threatened to set the police station in the area ablaze.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that riots on Friday spread to Ogun communities as youths protested the lingering new naira policy and fuel scarcity.

It was gathered that the protesters barricaded the Mowe end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and turned back motorists and travellers.

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According to reports, the protesters resisted police intervention and threatened to set the police station in the area ablaze.

The rioters also set bonfire on the highway, a development that forced motorists and travellers to hurriedly turned back.

Aside from travellers, commercial activities were disrupted in Mowe, in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of the state, as shop owners closed their shops and scampered to safety.

Also, the riots on Friday morning spread to the Magboro axis of the highway, with travellers and road users turning back to the Lagos end of the road.

Meanwhile, the National Youth Service Corps members in the areas billed for election training on Friday were asked to stay back home and avoid the routes.

A security advisory to corps members from the Mowe Sub-Office Local Government Inspector and sighted by our correspondent, read, “Violent protest on Lagos Ibadan expressway. Magboro blocked Ibafo bonfire. Mowe blocked.

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