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www.metronaija.com reader has explained how travellers including him have been left stranded on Akure road via Owena by community members who blocked the highway in protest of the death of a young boy. According to him, he gathered that a commercial driver yesterday knocked down a boy who was part of the community and so community youths and men woke up this morning to block the highway leaving hundreds of travellers stranded on the highway which has resulted into a gridlock. Amazingly some soldiers arrived the scene, carefully removed the road block and continued with their journey without returning peace back on the high way. See his tweets after the cut.
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http://www.metronaija.com/2015/08/photos-community-blocks-akure-highway.html

This is sad. My sincere condolences.
Akure boys wey stubborn before. But this really is saddening

U re talking abt soldiers,wat abt d police,are dy nt meant to restore law n order?

W

Rip to the dead...
But blocking the road isn't gonna bring the boy back to life

Kai, Akure my hometown. But why

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What does it have to do with federal road? I don't even understand how some people think and act. I know most of them are member of TAN. #TheSaboteurs.

All dis jobless yoruba tout dm,


For der mind nw dm don c work

Where are policemen that civil cases are been handled by soldiers who ought to protect territorial integrity?

Which way Nigeria?

Immanueladebol:
U re talking abt soldiers,wat abt d police,are dy nt meant to restore law n order?

Law and Order doesn't and has never for one second, existed in Nigeria.

Hmmm.
Every man is a law into himself in naija.

Is the protest aimed at the discontinued existence of the road, or a demand for drivers to pay a toll fee when passing through the town, or for them to watch their speed while driving through?
Perhaps they should seek permission from the authority to construct speed breaks along that stretch of road, as was done in front of UniBen few weeks ago.

Whatever this protest is aimed at, I bet it won't be achieved. All the townsfolk could achieve with the protest is a temporal disruption of traffic for those unfortunate to be on that road at that time. By tomorrow, commuters on that road won't drive any slower, or be more careful.
The government and the governed are of the same ilk: A law unto themselves. The attitude of the military men who passed through without trying to restore normalcy, tells the story perfectly.

In a way, this is totally senseless. Will the grounding of economic activities bring the dead boy back to life? The greatest honor they could do for him is by prevailing on the community head, their representative in both the state and federal legislatures to prevail on the govt to build speed breaks to prevent a re-occurrence and not by going about constituting a nuisance by grounding economic activities and punishing travelers. Funniest part of it all is if their representatives(from councillor to Senator) is passing, they'll hail him and let him pass

All is well

What about Civil defence officers....

Immanueladebol:
U re talking abt soldiers,wat abt d police,are dy nt meant to restore law n order?

It is well...reckless drivers killing and bringing sorrow to home. Our drivers need serious orientation it is even possible the driver ran away. Which way Nigeria

Truth is, a lot of their houses would go if that road is to be expanded.




I hate it when I see villages where houses are built close to roads where commercial drivers ply.



RIP to the little one.

Hmmm..

Does this blockage bring back the dead boy?

Its sad that a life was lost but FERMA has to take steps to be sure that People don't live close to the road.

Hmmm. RIP boy


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VaselineCrew2:


Law and Order doesn't and has never for one second, existed in Nigeria.

mayb in ur hood

All these highway communities need to teach their people about the natural hazards of their community which is the highway.

Also drivers need to learn to slow down when passing these communities. I once witnessed a little boy knocked down by a vehicle on Owerri - onitsha expressway. The driver didn't stop immediately. I saw him speed off to the nearest checkpoint before stopping to report the incident which was the smart thing to do. I don't know how they resolved the issue but it's a regular occurrence on that road and many others like it nationwide.