Passengers stranded as female protesters barricade Port Harcourt Airport gates

Women from the Ipo Community in Rivers State on Tuesday, June 25, blocked the entrance of the Port Harcourt International Airport. The women are protesting the lack of power supply and other amenities in the area. This is the second time in three months the aggrieved community members are staging a protest. The women who stormed the main entrance of the Airport in Omagwa at about 7 am on Tuesday sang in their local dialect and danced.   They said that despite being the host community to the Airport for decades, they are not getting commensurate benefits including food and schools.  Some of the writing on the placards they carried read, We deserve better treatment as host community, We demand our citizens rights, We want electricity in our community, Ipo women peaceful protest, among others. The protest caused a buildup of traffic and passengers could not access the airport. It would be recalled that they protested on the 27th of March this year, but were pacified by the former Chairman of the Rivers Traditional Rulers Council, Sergeant Awuse.The post Passengers stranded as female protesters barricade Port Harcourt Airport gates appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.