Travelers Stranded In Rivers As Soldiers Block Road After IPOB Clash

Several trucks and vehicles were trapped around the Oyigbo axis of the Port Harcourt-Aba Expressway in Rivers State as security operatives blocked the Imo-Rivers border on Friday.

This followed the killing of some soldiers by suspected members of the proscribed  Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Abia State who were enforcing the sit-at-home order to mark the May 30th ‘Biafra Day.’

Following the long queues, hundreds of passengers are stranded as movement to the neighbouring Abia State was restricted.

“People travelling, look at pregnant women are also here because of what they said happened in Aba.”

It was gathered that the blockade may be linked to reports of sporadic shooting into the air early on Thursday morning by suspected IPOB members at the Oyigbo roundabout and kom-kom community in Oyigbo LGA in Rivers State.

Some drivers said they have been at one location since Thursday as a result of the barricade; none of the drivers are even willing to go to Aba, Abia State, for fear of being attacked due to the tension there.