Nasarawa youth protest over lamp posts
A group of young men in Lafia, Nasarawa State,
launched a violent protest on Tuesday over the sudden removal of street
lamps in their neighbourhood.
On Monday night, men claiming to be under the
direction of Mustapha Agwai, the Emir of Lafia, removed the street
lamps in the Tudun Amba area of the city. The move roused the anger of
the local youth, who barricaded the road leading to the governor’s
house.
Manyi Adamu, who was among the protesters, said that
the road will remain closed until those who removed the lights replaced
them.
“The light has been helping the community, preventing
the prevalence of accidents at this junction,” he said. “Only for these
men to come and begin to remove them.”
The managing director of the Nasarawa Urban Development Board
(NUBD), Jafaru Ango, arrived on the scene to calm the young men. He
explained that the lamp posts were removed in preparation for the
expansion of the Lafia-Doma road. He pledged that as soon as the work
was completed, the street lamps would be replaced.
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