HOODLUMS EXTORT ABUJA RESIDENTS AS SECURITY IS FORTIFIED AT ASO VILLA
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At the Kubwa express road in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, hooligans, who were forcing every motorist to carry green leave, also used sticks, planks and other hard objects to block the express road, collecting money as ‘toll gate’.
The ‘protesters’ numbering over 2000, stationed themselves in different locations from the NYSC junction Kubwa, to Phase 3 junction, Dutse junction, Dawaki, Gwarimpa to Katampe in all sides of the highway.
Despite waving the green leave as a sign of solidarity, the fierce looking yong boys within the age bracket of 15 and 25, used big sticks to hit any motorist that didn’t comply.
There has been a heavy deployment of security operatives at the entry gates of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to avoid the invasion of seat of power by protesters.
This is as the first day of the national protest against hunger took a different dimension as miscreants blocked the Kubwa express road, in Abuja, extorting motorists and shouting ‘Bamuyi, there is hunger in the land.
At the Fire Service end as well as Supreme Court gates of the road leading to the Presidential Villa in Asokoro, there was a large deployment of security personnel comprising soldiers, police and DSS operatives who checked commuters and vehicles accessing the area.
This is, ostensibly, to ward off the daring protesters from infiltrating the seat of power in Abuja.
At the Kubwa express road, the hooligans, who were forcing every motorist to carry green leave, used sticks, planks and other hard objects to block the express road, collecting money as ‘toll gate’.
The ‘protesters’ numbering over 2000, stationed themselves in different locations from the NYSC junction Kubwa, to Phase 3 junction, Dutse junction, Dawaki, Gwarimpa to Katampe in all sides of the highway.
Despite waving the green leave as a sign of solidarity, the fierce looking yong boys within the age bracket of 15 and 25, used big sticks to hit any motorist that didn’t comply.
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