Motorists, Communities Lament Deplorable Road Condition As Gunmen Take Over Benue Road

Posted by Tolulope Ogugua Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State Friday, October 8th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) Motorist , communities have abandoned markurdi- Aliade road due to deplorable condition of the road and armed men who pose as kidnappers , bandits armed robbers who terrorize and kill with reckless abandon .

The road has been in bad shape and nothing has been done to salvage it thereby leaving the road users to their fate.

As a result, motorists heading to and from Makurdi to the Eastern part of the country have carefully avoided it while daredevils now loom large and have carried out their nefarious activities on that route without challenge from any quarters.

However commercial drivers and road users have shared there harrowing experience on the road, some of them recounted how it is dangerous to be on the road from 9.pm as the road becomes a death trap to its victims where the men of the underworld kills without any human compunction

Reacting to this development , the Benue state Police Public Relations Officer, Deputy Superintendent, DSP, Catherine Anene in a text message said, “the attention of the Command has been drawn to it and we are working on it.”