The residents and commuters across Federal Capital Territory on Monday were left stranded as a result of heavy barricades mounted by combined security operatives at strategic points causing traffic jam.
Daily Dates Nigeria reports that the blockade by the security operatives was to restrict movement following the planned protest being spearheaded by Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, and other activists demanding the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
The Three Arms Zone, Bullet Bus stop, Eagle Square, Aso Drive, National Assembly Gates and access road leading to Aso Rock were all blocked.
Many workers in the capital city from Keffi-Nyanya axis returned to their homes in anger after waiting for several hours and unable to access their workplaces because of the gridlock stretching from AYA to Mararaba in Karu local government in Nassarawa.
Combined security operatives of the Military, Nigerian Police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Federal Road Safety Corps and soldiers barricaded the Keffi-Nyanya expressway at different points making it difficult for free flow of traffic.
Most civil servants and business owners working in Abuja were prevented by the barricades mounted at the Nyanya-Mararaba boundary checkpoint at Kugbo.
Similar frustrating experiences were reported at Bwari, Dutse and parts of Kubwa and the Airport road as commuters spent hours in traffic jam while many of them were unable to access the city centre.
