Apprehension As Physically Challenged Persons Block Surulere

By Aisha Adepeju

Motorists around the Stadium Surulere axis of Lagos were caught in apprehension this morning following the blocking of the road by physically challenged persons.

Those who got to the area at about 8am could not move, as the physically challenged persons effectively massed on the driveway to prevent any movement.

Our correspondent who raced to the scene could not exactly ascertain the clear reasons for the protest, as many of them were visibly bitter.

One of them only mumbled that they were not being well treated by the LAgos State government and that they had decided to protest.

He said they made a request to the government and that nobody was listening to them.

The news of the protest soon spread to Surulere and environs.

Even pleas by the operatives of the Lagos State Environmental Management Agency (LASEEMA) to vacate the road fell on deaf ears.

Caught in the protest were vehicles heading to barracks and Ojuelegba from Stadium, and on the other side, Costain and CMS-bound motorists.

No vehicle was allowed passage.

When the LASEMA realised that the physically challenged persons would not budge, they began spraying tear gas around the area to disperse them.

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Only then did the protesters yield and started leaving the area reducing the apprehension in people.

Further check by The Eagle however showed that the protesters were physically challenged persons who were registering their anger over a number of issues, including their exclusion from the 2022 National Sports Festival in Delta State.

This was why the protest concentrated in the area hosting two sporting facilitates, the Teslim Balogun stadium and the National stadium.