Images of Ebiraland

By Ismail M. Kabir There are mixed feelings from various quarters as Ebira people experience the worst traffic congestion on the highways running through Okene and Adavi local government areas of the towns. The heavy traffic jam that started since the early hours of Friday 10th October has escalated to what is now considered the worst traffic Jam on Ebira roads. The sorry state of the roads especially between Nagazi and FCE Okene is largely blamed for the traffic. While hundreds of travelers are stranded on the stretching traffic, Okada riders and traffic hawkers are making quick money. Cost of fast foods, related wares and transport fares have skyrocketed. A commercial motorcycle rider who rode me from the popular Total filling station junction in Okene to Kaba junction in Adavi LGA charged N300, 100 percent hike above the normal N150 charge. The unbearable gridlock has ushered windfall for the Okada men who are exploiting passengers who throw caution to the winds in their bid

By Ismail M. Kabir Our highways have been blocked since morning leaving the entire stretch of the road from Idakoyivo to FCE Okene in a standstill. While many people blamed the gridlock on the large potholes around Nagazi axis of the Okene-Lokoja highway, others placed it squarely on the horrible accident involving a Dangote truck that crushed an unidentified woman to death at Okunchi area. The woman whose mutilated body remains on the road as at the time of filing this report appeared to be heading to a church service when she met her untimely death. Attempts by the youths in the area to vandalise the Dangote Cement truck was quickly contained by men of the Nigerian army deployed to the area. Also, men from the Okene Unit of the Federal Road safety corps who were battling the exhausting traffic jam around FCE immediately re-deployed to the accident scene where the traffic jam has escalated beyond control. People heading for various social events have resorted