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General News of Thursday, 21 January 2021

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Protest rocks Akure over Akeredolu's vacation order

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Heavy protests hit Akure, Ondo State capital as drivers, members of the Nigeria Forest Services known as Forest guards, farmers and traders stormed the streets protesting in support of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu order to herdsmen to vacate forest reserves in the state within seven days.

The protesters wielded placards urging the Ondo State Governor not to back down on his directive.

Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Comrade Jacob Adejo, said commercial drivers were no longer safe in the state, The Nations reports.

Adejo said his members need protection as herders attacked them with impunity as well as kidnapped them before now.