LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Some Nigerian youths have taken to the street to block the ever-busy Lagos airport road due to the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities.
In a video circulating on the Nigerian digital space, some youths were seen singing as they blocked the road leading to the Lagos airport. Moreso, there was some security presence in the vicinity.
Youths under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Students threatened to ground the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, today.
The protesters were led by NANS National Taskforce Chairman, Olumide Ojo; Vice President, External Affairs, Akinteye Babatunde; Public Relations Officer, Giwa Yisa Temitope; Zone D Coordinator, Adegboye Emmanuel Olatunji; Deputy Senate President, Ekundina Elvis; Ondo JCC Chairman, Omotosho Surprise; Lagos JCC Chairman, Olusesi Tolulope Samson; Ogun JCC Chairman, Kehinde Damilola Simeon and Oyo JCC Chairman, Adeleke Quadri Abidemi.
The students, in their hundreds, demanded an immediate end to the strike which has entered its seventh month, urging the Nigerian government to meet the demands of the striking lecturers to enable them to return to class.
They could be seen singing and dancing on the road, creating gridlock on the busy road.
In what appears to be an attempt to forestall the protest, SaharaReporters gathered that the students were earlier intimidated by armed police officers.
