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Abia communities protest deteriorated Okpu Umuobo-Umuchichi-Umueme road in Obingwa
By Adeleye Kunle
The indigent people of Umuchichi and Umueme communities in Obingwa Local Government Areas of Abia state, have cried out over the current dilapidation of major roads within the areas, calling on the two companies doing business in the area to fix the road.
The call by the Abia communities comes on the backdrop of the dilapidated condition of Okpu Umuobo-Umuchichi-Umueme road in Obingwa local area of the state.
However, while staging a peaceful protest on Tuesday, against the bad road infrastructure, people of the local communities in Abia state also threatened that if the companies do not fix the ugly road after December, no haulage truck would be allowed to pass through the road.
Track News reports that natives and residents of the two neighboring communities marched through the stretch of the dilapidated road from the Umuchichi Council Hall junction, to Glass Force Limited and GZ Industry.
The irate indigenes of the two communities who were brandishing placards, and sang solidarity songs as they waded through the muddy road to the gates of the two companies, expressed total displeasure on the current sorry state of the Okpu Umuobo-Umuchichi-Umueme road.
Their spokesman, Mr Chigoziem Okechuwu, said they were not protesting because they did not like the existence of the companies in the area, but were protesting because of the problem the firms are creating for them
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