Heavy protest in Ifo, Mowe worsened gridlock, pains as soldiers mobilised, dispersed protesters + PHOTOS
The two major entry and exit roads into Lagos; the Lagos-Ibadan expressway and the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway, were on Friday, blocked by protesters who also halted commercial activities in Mowe, Ibafo, Ifo, and Arigbajo areas of Ogun State.
Platforms Africa reports that the protest which broke out over Naira Swap crisis rocking Nigeria also took place in Abekoko, Bank bus – stop, Ifo Local Government.
Residents who had been going to banks for withdrawal said they could not access their money
They were said to have become more agitated when the commercial banks refused to accept the old naira notes as deposits.
Protesters blocked the Ifp end of Lagos-Abeokuta expressway on Friday
The protesters barricaded the Ifo road, causing heavy gridlock.
With bonfires on the road, the people castigated the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government, accusing the All Progressives Congress (APC) of inflicting hardship on the masses.
One of the protesters who pleaded anonymity lamented she does not have money to buy foodstuffs and her four children have not eaten as at the time of filing this report.
Protest on Lagos-Ibadan expressway over Naira crisis on Friday
According to her, ” This is a problem, my four children are at home, they’ve not eaten. The painful aspect is that I don’t have foodstuffs at home.”
