{"id":45431,"date":"2021-06-21T17:40:29","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T16:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=45431"},"modified":"2021-06-21T16:26:43","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T15:26:43","slug":"buhari-must-go-protesters-block-abuja-airport-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buhari-must-go-protesters-block-abuja-airport-road","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Buhari Must Go\u2019 protesters block Abuja airport road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Some protesters, on Monday morning, blocked the Umaru Yar\u2019Adua Way leading to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters who were displaying banners with the inscription, #BuhariMustGo, stormed the area at about 5:30am.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, the protesters made bonfires on the ever-busy road, making it difficult for civil servants living in Lugbe, Kuje, and other areas along the Airport to access their places of work in the heart of the city.<\/p>\n<p>A Nigerian human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore tweeted the development on his official Twitter handle.<\/p>\n<p>The tweet reads, \u201c#BuhariMustGo protesters blocked the road to international airport in Abuja as early as 5:30am Monday morning in Abuja #RevolutionNow \u201c.<\/p>\n<p>When contacted, the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, Mariyan Yusuf was unable to take her calls and could not respond to text messages forwarded to her.<\/p>\n<p>More to follow\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Patients, relatives, others protest alleged poor services, deaths at Azikiwe varsity teaching hospital<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Some protesters, on Monday morning, blocked the Umaru Yar\u2019Adua Way leading to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The protesters who were displaying banners with the inscription, #BuhariMustGo, stormed the area at about 5:30am. 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