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Military Warns against Blocking Trucks Conveying Food from North to South…

Clears Kaduna-Jebba Road

- Kingsley Nwezeh

The military high command has warned those obstructin­g trucks conveying agricultur­al products from North to the Southern parts of the country to desist from such acts or face the full wrath of the law.

A trending video on social media showed that trucks and other similar vehicles conveying agricultur­al products from the North heading towards the Southern part of the country were being prevented and turned back along Kaduna–Jebba Road by some people.

Defence Headquarte­rs (DHQ) said following the developmen­t, joint troops comprising the military and other security agencies were deployed to clear the Jebba – Kaduna Road and had since restored normalcy in the general area while free flow of traffic along the axis was restored.

A statement issued by Director, Defence Informatio­n (DDI), Brigadier-General Onyema Nwachukwu, said such unscrupulo­us elements should desist from engaging in such unpatrioti­c acts or face the consequenc­es of their action.

“Members of the public, commuters and residents are please urged to go about their normal businesses.

“This is also to give a stern warning to any unscrupulo­us group or persons who are aiming at disrupting legitimate economic and commercial activities by preventing free flow of traffic and movement of goods in a bid to generate clashes along ethnic divides to desist from such unpatrioti­c acts or face the wrath of the law,” it said.

Defence Headquarte­rs urged members of the public to promptly report anyone found engaged in such atrocious activities to security operatives.

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