Residents and visitors to Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal
Capital were on Thursday subjected to
unwarranted restriction and security cordon, as
the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, took time off to sing and dance with women drawn from
the 36 states of the Federation. The event, which was held at the Eagles Square,
effectively cut off workers from the imposing
Federal Secretariat on both Shehu Shagari Way
and Ibrahim Babangida Road, forcing them to
trek for miles to the office. The big event, which took the workers and
residents by surprise, also prevented commercial
and government drivers from dropping their
passengers, mostly workers in their designated
bus stops around the secretariat. As vehicular and human traffic was effectively cut
off from all the routes leading to the venue of the
First Lady’s rally, tagged, “Nigerian Women Rally
for Peace and Empowerment”, frustrated
motorists were funnelled to any available space,
thereby leading to a chaotic traffic snarl for most part of the day.
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