Youths, students block Benin-Lagos Expressway to protest economic hardship in Nigeria

Hundreds of aggravated youths connected Wednesday took implicit the ever-busy Benin-Lagos expressway, protesting against what they described arsenic economical hardship successful the country.

DAILY POST gathered that the protesters, chiefly youths and students from the University of Benin (UNIBEN), utilized dense logs, vehicles, and burning tires to artifact question connected some sides of the highway.

They besides acceptable bonfires connected the expressway.

The development, it was gathered, resulted successful dense gridlock arsenic motorists and commuters were near stranded, forcing passengers wrong the Benin metropolis to permission their vehicles and trek to their destinations.

It was learnt that thousands of travelers, including commercialized transporters and backstage car owners, were trapped, with immoderate reportedly turning backmost to find alternate routes.

The protesters carried placards with assorted inscriptions, specified arsenic “No to petrol hike,” “No to atrocious roads,” and “APC indispensable go,” among others.

They said they were protesting against respective issues, ranging from the hike successful petrol prices, epileptic powerfulness supply, mediocre authorities of roads, and precocious outgo of nutrient items.

They, however, demanded urgent authorities involution to code rising nutrient prices, unemployment, and the precocious outgo of surviving successful the country.

In a viral video, a protester said the objection was to explicit their displeasure implicit the economical hardship successful the country.

“There is hardship successful this country, and the governments are doing thing astir it.

“We are bushed of the promises. Our parents are suffering, students are star...