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#EndSARS protesters block Lagos-Ibadan expressway
 
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Tue, 20 Oct 2020   ||   Nigeria, Oyo State
 

Ibadan youths have poured out on Tuesday morning and blocked the Ojoo end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in continuation of the #EndSARS protests rocking the country.

The expressway was barricaded where those travelling to Oyo town and the northern part of the country would pass to link the Ibadan-Ilorin road.

The protesters were out as early at 8am, and had begun barricading roads at various junctions.

The barricade forced some vehicles to turn back and find alternative routes but soon, the protesters started blocking all the exit routes.

This has caused gridlock and forced some motorists to park their vehicles by the roadside out of frustration.

The youths also mounted roadblock in front of the police station in Ojoo in the Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State.

The police in response, locked their gate and parked their patrol vehicles within the premises as opposed to the roadside where they is usually parked.

Some armed policemen were, however, at alert inside the police station but there was violent incident as of the time of filing this report.

 

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