It is a pathetic experience for motorists and passengers along the Enugu-Okigwe road as heavy gridlock is been witness for almost 72 hours at the moment. Consequently, youth in the community are making brisk business as many private and commercial vehicles are getting stuck in the muddy road and are been charged as much as five thousand naira to get their cars pushed out of the mud.

Although the contract for the federal road leading from Enugu to Port Harcourt had been awarded and listed by the minister of information as an on going project, the contractors are not in site leaving the road in a total state of disrepair.Most passengers were stranded for up to 48 hours, while others were stranded for an upward of 72 hours in Okigwe as a result of the bad roads along Enugu-Port Harcourt road.

The worst hit are cattle sellers merchant, the cattles they are transporting are dieing in numbers due to dyhidration and fatigue, they are forced to sell at a give away price to minimize their loss at the grad lock.

The villagers are advising the drivers to take alternative bush route, but the drivers declined the offer, because they said there are high chance that the whole bus passengers could be kidnapped and they are not ready to take such chances, due to the experience they have had.

The passengers urged the Federal Government to expedite action on fixing the road by moving the contractors to site as soon as possible. They also appealed.

APC government will list contracts awarded without mobilizations. No road for southerners to access Abuja. Cattles are dying. What of human beings in traffic holdups for 72hrs. Same as okene-kogi state.