Commuters stranded as youths block Benin/Auchi road over killing, kidnapping
This came as hundreds of commuters, were, yesterday stranded in Ehor, Uhunmwonde Local Government Area of Edo state as angry youths blocked the axis of the Benin-Auchi-Okenne highways over suspected criminal herdsmen, which on Monday resulted in the death of a Masters of Science Degree graduate of Ambrose Ali University, AAU, Ekpoma, Miss Ella Williams, who was gunned down on that road while on her way to school.
Late Miss Williams was said to be travelling from Benin City, her base, to Ekpoma to pick up her call up letter, preparatory to the compulsory one year National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, programme when the killer herdsmen opened fire on the vehicle she was travelling in, killing her on the spot while other passengers were abducted.
Many travelers now go through Agbor Road in Delta State from Benin City because of the blockade.
The Benin-Ekpoma-Auchi-Okenne road has become a haven for suspected herdsmen and kidnappers, who daily operate by firing gunshots at vehicles to stop the drivers to kidnap passengers for ransom.
In the process, a number of passengers have been killed while many others were injured.
