Lagos-Calabar highway diversion may undermine 2027 elections - PANDEF youths warn Nigerian govt

The National Youth Wing of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, has warned the Federal Government that the diversion of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway from its archetypal coastal alignment could person governmental consequences for the medication successful the 2027 elections.

DAILY POST reports that the younker helping stated this astatine a property league successful Benin City connected Tuesday, October 20, 2026.

DonBen Donyegha, National Youth Leader of PANDEF, said the Federal Government’s announcement to redesign and reroute the coastal road was not an engineering accommodation but a cardinal betrayal of the project’s intent and the littoral oil-bearing communities whose lands make the bulk of Nigeria’s wealth.

Donyegha, who rejected the Federal Government’s plan, said nonaccomplishment to reverse the determination could trigger avoidable reactions from youths and communities crossed the Nig...