
It was reported that truckloads of food items from the northern parts of the country were denied entry into Kwara State and other states of the South -West zone .
Investigation revealed that some Hausa youths stationed at the outskirts of Niger State, popularly called Kara- Jebba , near Jebba in Kwara State , last week stopped many truck drivers carrying food items such as tomatoes , beans , yams , cattle , pepper among others, from going further from Kara into Kwara and other states in the South – West.
The situation, it was gathered , saw the trucks being parked along the road , creating heavy gridlock , while it was reported that some of the food items got spoilt .
However , it was gathered that free movement of goods and vehicles resumed on Ilorin – Jebba Expressway early Monday morning to the joy of residents and business people on the axis.
Confirming the reopening of the road in Ilorin on Monday , Prince Ibrahim Adebara , son of the traditional ruler of Jebba said that a troop of military operatives drafted by the Federal Government effected the free movement .
Adebara , who said that the military personnel had stationed along the road to maintain law and order , added that they threatened to treat anyone that blocks the road as terrorist .
Also , one of the affected traders , Madam Balogun, said she was happy with normalcy that had returned . She , however , lamented the loss caused by some perishable items that got bad while the situation lasted .
The Defence Headquarters , in a statement over the weekend by its Acting Director Defence Information , Brigadier – General Onyema Ugochukwu, said it had cleared the Jebba – Kaduna Road of those preventing trucks from going to the South and restored normalcy in the area .
“ 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 .
“ Members of the public are also urged to promptly report anyone found engaged in such atrocious activities to security operatives, ” the statement had said .