Heavily armed soldiers, on Monday, barricade the Keffi-Abuja expressway, leaving many computers stranded due to the heavy traffic jam caused by the military conduct of a stop-and-search operation on vehicles entering the nation’s capital.
The soldiers mounted a road block at Sani Abacha barracks before the popular AYA roundabout.
Security agencies did not give any prior warning before the blockade that has caused a gridlock extending as far as Nyanya Bridge, more than 12 kilometres from the checkpoint.
Civil servants and traders who work in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) but live outside the city centre in places such as Nyanya, Karu, Maraba and Masaka were caught in the traffic jam.
After several hours of standstill, many of them were forced to return home.
This is coming three days to the planned nationwide protest over the current economic hardship in Nigeria.
Some youths have vowed to embark on a nationwide protest from August 1 against the rising cost of living and economic hardship in the country.
