Hundreds of protesters from the four local government areas that make up Ikwerre Ethnic Nationality, opposing the Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, on Tuesday threatened to shut down the Port Harcourt International Airport if the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Joseph Mbu, is redeployed to another state.

The protesters, who carried placards and sang songs of praises for the police commissioner, blocked a portion of the busy Port Harcourt-Aba-Enugu Road for an hour.

The youths also warned that they would not hesitate to shut down other entry points to the state from Ikwerre oil wells and flow stations within the four local government areas.

While travellers going to Aba, Enugh and Umuahia were stranded from an hour as a result of the heavy traffic build-up, others coming into Port Harcourt could not get to their destinations as a result of the huge crowd on the expressway.

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