Truck drivers’ protect: Police clear Abuja – Lokoja road
The Federal Capital Territory’s Police Command on Wednesday said there was no incident of shooting at Dabi village in Kwali Area Council and that it has cleared the road.
Truck drivers on Wednesday alleged that the shooting of a truck driver by a policeman sparked off their’ protest which resulted in the blockage of Abuja- Lokoja only south ward highway for almost an hour with huge traffic jam.
Police personnel later reopened the high way for the use of commuters with the help of police reinforcement led by the Area Commander Gwagwalada, ACP Mijinyawa Jahun.
The protest was sparked off by alleged shooting of the tyres of Dangote truck by some policemen on Wednesday morning at Kwali.
It was further alleged that policemen shot at one of the truck drivers who had blocked the highway to protest the alleged action of the policemen.
The command spokesman, DSP Anjuguri Manzah, told journalists that “there was no incident of shooting in the area and nobody was shot at during the protest”.
Manzah said that the road had been cleared following the intervention of the Police Area Commander in Gwagwalada and the Kwali Divisional Police Officer.
“We have been able to clear the road with the intervention of the area commander and the DPO of Kwali,” he said.
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) had earlier in a statement confirmed the blockade of the Abuja-Lokoja highway at Kwali by the truck drivers.
The FRSC advised members of the public to always adopt legal and legitimate means to register their protest instead of taking the law into their hands.
