Reports reaching our newsroom say travelers and motorists were yesterday stranded for over ten hours as drivers of commercial vehicles down tools over the incessant killings on Benin-Shagamu expressway, the very resent one being the killing of a conductor and an expectant mother.
The protesting drivers, reports say blocked the Okada axis on the ever busy highway demanding increased presence of security personnel on the highway.
The killings eyewitnesses say are carried out by armed robbers
and yesterday's incident saw the robbery of many passengers
on the highway between 1:00 a.am and killing of two persons in the process who probably resisted their attempt or had nothing to offer the highway robbers.
and yesterday's incident saw the robbery of many passengers
on the highway between 1:00 a.am and killing of two persons in the process who probably resisted their attempt or had nothing to offer the highway robbers.
The victim of the recent robbery attack was a conductor attached to The Young Shall Grow Motors luxury bus with registration number AAA 283 XM whose driver was attacked had his conductor Obika Orakwe killed in the process.
The eventual shutdown of the ever busy highway was caused when other commercial drivers joined their colleagues
Recounting the incident, the driver of The Young Shall Grow Motors, said: “We left Onitsha around 10:30 p.m. Armed robbers attacked us immediately after we left Benin, as we headed to Okada. We managed to escape and decided to park somewhere because the shooting was too much. We discovered the conductor of the bus had been killed. The hoodlums also robbed several vehicles close to where we parked, including Ezenwata bus and some small buses. They were shooting everywhere.”
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