Travellers and motorists were stranded in Benin, Edo State on Thursday as residents of Ohovbe in the Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area protested the poor state of the Benin-Agbor-Onitsha road. The protest which also grounded commercial activities began subtly on Wednesday but grew on Thursday as travellers and residents were forced to trek long distances to get to their destinations. Those who could not leave resigned themselves to fate with the hope that the protest would end soon. Residents of the area were seen playing football on the major road while the other side of the road was blocked with barricades. A driver, Thankgod Ogucha, said he had been stuck in the hold-up for two days. A resident of the area, Prince Solomon Nnamdi, said that the government was pushing the people of the state to their limit, which they could no longer tolerate. This bad road is affecting food prices in the market. You can see trucks parked here for days. I just saw one Hausa man sleeping under his truck, I then asked him, "Why are you sleeping?". He said they had been here for two days now, sleeping.
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