{"id":97335,"date":"2022-07-26T00:33:38","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T23:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=97335"},"modified":"2022-07-26T00:33:38","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T23:33:38","slug":"herdsmen-block-enugu-ph-expressway-over-alleged-killing-of-their-colleague-cows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/herdsmen-block-enugu-ph-expressway-over-alleged-killing-of-their-colleague-cows\/","title":{"rendered":"Herdsmen block Enugu\u2013PH expressway over alleged killing of their colleague, cows"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There was tension at the Umuchieze cattle market in Umunneochi council area of Abia State, as herdsmen blocked the Enugu \u2013Port Harcourt expressway over alleged killing of their colleague and some cows.<\/div>\n
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\nSuspected gunmen were alleged to have invaded an area where the herdsmen rear their cows at the cattle market and killed a herder and some cows. The Abia State government had last week demolished suspected criminal hideouts at the cattle market.<\/p>\n

The protesters used trailers to block both lanes of the expressway.\u00a0 The herdsmen lamented that they have continued to suffer huge losses from criminals who rob them and kill their cows.<\/p>\n

However, the situation caused heavy traffic build up in the area as over 200 motorists and passengers were stranded.<\/p>\n

Efforts by some soldiers and Policemen to clear the blockade failed as the protesting youths added some big sticks to the barricade. They later cleared a small path to allow a military patrol van drive through the barricade.<\/p>\n

One of the stranded motorists who was on his way to Enugu told\u00a0pointblanknews.com<\/a>\u00a0that they had to turn back to Okigwe junction and diverted to the Uturu \u2013 Akaeze road from where they got back to Ishiagu junction on the expressway.<\/p>\n

He said; “We were on a bus on the way to Enugu. When we got to Lokpanta, some people on the roadside waved at us shouting \u2018no road, no road\u2019. As we approached the cattle market, there was a heavy traffic build up with over 200 vehicles. We had to turn back to Okigwe, at Ihube junction to the Uturu – Akaeze road from where we got Ishiagu junction, Ebonyi State, on the expressway. The detour is a distance of approximately over 50 kilometers. All the stranded travelers had to take this route to get to Enugu.\u201d<\/p>\n

Efforts to get the reaction of the Police Public Relations Officer, Abia State Command, SP Geoffrey Ogbonna, was not successful, as he was yet to respond to a text message sent to him.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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