Crisis in Abuja, as Okada riders, traders clash

By OBAYANGBON BENEDICT, Abuja

There was, reportedly, an unrest at a popular building material market in Dei-Dei, Abuja Municipal Area Council, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Wednesday, when commercial motorcyclists attacked traders and burnt down several shops.

The DEFENDER gathered that crisis broke out as a trailer allegedly crushed a woman to death after she fell from a commercial motorcycle, situation which forced shop owners to close their shops to avoid being attacked.

Speaking on the matter, Josephine Adeh, FCT Police Public Relations Officer, said the police was yet to get full details on the matter.

“Right now we are there and we are trying to calm the situation down,” Adeh stated as at the time of filing this report.