Delta lockdown extension: Sapele erupts in protest

Thousands of residents, in Sapele, Delta state, today, grounded the town to a halt in protest, to end governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s extension of lockdown in the state.

The governor had made a broadcast to residents of the state, yesterday morning announcing the extension of a 14-day lockdown which began on April 1, for another two weeks and imposing a dusk to dawn curfew.

Women in their hundreds took their protest to the streets of the town, as early as 7:30am demanding an end to the lockdown.

The Sapele local government chairman Eugene Inoaghan, who tried to pacify the crowd with help of security men was openly rebuffed.

However, there was pandemonium when the chairman left, with the crowd openly confronting security men with stones, an action that led to burning of tyres and woods.