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Hundreds of women from Ntsuruakpa Izhia community in the Ohaukwu local government area of Ebonyi State have protested against the alleged abandoned road project allegedly causing deadly accidents along the Abakaliki-Enugu highway.

The women who blocked the Abakaliki-Enugu dualised roads by Senator Sam Egwu Flyover Ezzamgbo junction in Ohaukwu council area in the early hours of Tuesday expressed sadness over the slow pace of the road project execution, currently undergoing rehabilitation since last year.

The Protesting women

While interacting with newsmen, the Leader of the women, Mrs Blessing Okweshi, lamented that the alleged abandoned project has been causing accidents resulting in deaths of those plying the route, especially the residents.

Mrs Okweshi said, "The worst among the deadly accidents occurred on this road last Sunday, and it consumed the lives of a pregnant mother with her unborn baby and a man on the spot.

"The woman's name is Chika Unah, a mother of three, and she was killed on the abandoned road by a lorry driver, who ran away without reporting to any police station to date since the accident occurred last Sunday.

"Many lives have been lost along this Abakaliki-Enugu highway, and you can see how potholes are dug on the roads, with heaps littered on the roads without road signs since 2024 till date.

"And that's why we massively come out to stage a peaceful protest, to condemn this ugly act because our people are tired of dying like fowls because of the slow pace execution of this road project."

Other women, including Hellen Nweonwe and Obiageri Owoh, among others, also expressed dismay over the abandonment of the road project and described the route as a death trap.

They maintained that the demonstration was to register their grievances to the general public and, however, expressed their readiness to declare a full showdown protest if the relevant authorities refused to address their complaints.

Reacting to the development, the traditional ruler of Ntsuruakpa Izhia community, HRH Eze Joseph Ozogbuo Okafor, blamed the contractor handling the road project and called for urgent action to avert accidents causing the death of those plying the route, especially the residents.

He called on the state and federal governments to intervene immediately to ensure fast completion of the project, as in his words, "Nobody is not weeping over the gory nature of the road and its deadly effects since last year."

The former Coordinator of Ohaukwu Development Centre, Chief Okweshi Obiora and Chief Obasi James - a stakeholder in the community, observed that the level of the loss of lives already recorded on the road since last year was high and urged the contractor to hasten up to complete the job, to avoid attracting any form of protest in the community.

The Executive Chairman of Ohaozara Local Government Area, Prince Ikechukwu Odono, who came to the scene of the protest, urged the women to embrace peace by going back to their various homes, with assurance the contractor would be compelled to fasten up the work without any further delay.

Also, the State Commissioner for Capital Territory and Urban Development, Chief Sunday Inyima, advised the protesters to embrace peace with assurance that the relevant authorities would address their demands without delay.

Source : https://newsmaxng.com/2025/02/11/breaking-heavy-protest-rocks-ebonyi-state-photos/

As long as it's peaceful, no problem. They should carry go. Na dem know where the shoe dey pain them for leg🤔

Dem suppose reach thousands.... this crowd is too small

Govt go ignore them

Their governor no òde

Let everyone learn how to protest massively during elections with their votes
During elections we become slaves and sheep. But after elections we become lions.

Maybe we will learn how to focus only on voting people who can clearly tell us how they will improve our quality of lives

We will elect governments in the east. Instead of these socalled elected members to fight and defend the people, they will start to fight and defend the fulani. I don't understand this anymore .

The governors of Enugu and Anambra states have all gone out of their ways to lampoon and lambast IPOB and ESN, but whenever the herdsmen strike, the same governors will all go mute. Their firebrand outbursts will dissipate and disappear. I don't understand this anymore.

How is it that they are far more worried and upset with those fighting to defend these innocent women, while they keep quiet over the endless atrocities of these rampaging fulani herdsmen? What is going on?

Thos Izaa people or Eboney state like fighting.... primitive people

No money for road but there’s money for pilgrimage. Misplaced priorities will be the end of this country!

Their governor is the worst right now

Kudos to the Biafran woman. she should continue her protest in the region of cannîbálism.

Let's see how the Biafran president, His excellency Mr. Agbotikuyo will react to this

Road kwa so dem no cos of ECONOMY protest?
abi cos na ROADS leads to dem Concubine HOUSES where dem dey TOP UP when they are on TOP

Ebubu 1 to 100 where are you?

Yoruba man masquerading as ebonyi igbo to ferment trouble you will never see him here, but create anambra thread and

V O O O M abracadabra he's there

Lol
Set awon developers

Fake news, Billionaires wives can't do this. I totally disagree

Meanwhile the minister of works is ebonyi man oo

Lol

No be the same governor dey sponsor Hajj with 500 million?

By the way, no be brown roofs I dey see beside the petrol tankers?

What sit at home men could not do, the women are doing it even better.
Yoruba noise makers over to you..food don land

I thought they would be protesting against the other killings...

Inferior tribe among the tiny-republic.

Ebonyi people too worwor, haba!

Brown rusty roofs everywhere.

johnjay4u2u:
Lol

No be the same governor dey sponsor Hajj with 500 million?

By the way, no be brown roofs I dey see beside the petrol tankers?

Are they BROWN roofs or DECAYING roofs? Use ur eyes properly pls.

At 81, Nigeria's legend, Bongos Ikwue, has this humbling message to the world

"There is so much that we don’t understand and we falsely believe that we know too much. That is why human beings are arrogant over nothing. For instance, your driver is standing in front of you with his hands in his pockets, and you are angry because he has his hands in his pockets. You forget that his hands and the pockets belong to him.

If you are not arrogant, you will be quiet because that is his right.

"There is nothing that should make you challenge your driver for doing that, but we become so arrogant and forget that pride is the most destructive thing in the world.

We need to be humble because we know nothing at all.

"There is no period of ailment that is not tough for anybody. I had never had an ailment. I think I was hale and hearty for the first 60 to 70 years of my life and to suddenly fall sick and suffer a stroke was not easy.

It is not an ailment that anybody deserves. It is a time of reflection; you know, a lot of people pray for long life but when they begin to get old, they are scared.

"You must accept growing old with dignity. You will also learn one thing from falling sick; that no human being is going to live in this world forever.

Above all, despite your wealth, you will die and you are not going to take a pin along with you. When you know these things, it helps you to become humble.

"Let me try and simplify what I’m saying so that people can understand it better.

Supposing they give me all the wealth in Abuja and ask everyone to leave their houses for me, they mean nothing. I have realised that nobody owns anything. You are sitting in my hotel now, but it will outlive me because when I die, it will still be here. So we don’t own anything.

You can deceive yourself and think you own something."

May God give us wisdom to understand the nature of our world. Amen 🙏

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I passed through Ebonyi on my way to Taraba State. The roads there are good, and I found it difficult to believe this about the people. Besides, the roads were deserted that day, and it wasn't even a Monday. I wonder what it will look like on a Monday. Even the market was in order, to the extent that I had to ask where the people in the state had gone

500m wey the aboki governor spent for prigrimage for repair that road with extra change.

The governor should remember women are very powerful.

I think I heard the Ebonyi State Governor recently spent about a Billion Naira to sponsor Hajj pilgrims?
The protest should be to remove such a useless governor from office since he doesn't know his priorities.

But governor dey spend 500m for mecca

Government would rather attack the protesters instead of addressing the reason why they’re blocking the road.

olisaEze:
No money for road but there’s money for pilgrimage. Misplaced priorities will be the end of this country!

You make good sense 👍.
They used the Pilgrimage to lie and deceived the gaulibles audiences and Pockets the rest in pockets.

Rexymania:
Thos Izaa people or Eboney state like fighting.... primitive people

Your type go fail exam well well o! I believed you didn’t even bother to read what the poster wrote,you ended up embarrassing your family,community,by replying differently.

I thought their governor is really working.

The once their governor wey em.face be like person wey carry shit for nyash use state funds to sponsor pilgrimage to Mecca instead of repairing bad road! I no pity una very greedy people they play victim instead of holding their government responsible they wud rather blame other people 📌