Youths suspected to be internet fraudsters on Tuesday morning blocked Osogbo/Ilesa expressway to protest incessant arrest by security agencies especially EFCC operatives in the state.
WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the youths also stormed the Ilesa West Local Government Secretariat and made bonfire on the road to express their grievances which later halted free flow of traffic along the busy road.
It was also learnt that the bonfire was made at the entrance of the Ilesa council office as the suspected internet fraudsters surround the bonfire.
According to report, the protesters were protesting against the recent arrest made by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The protesters alleged that the officials of the anti-graft agency invaded the hotel lodged in and arrested some of their colleagues.
Motorists plying the expressway were said to have been stranded owing to the road blockage
Some of the road users, who know the terrain, had made u-turn for other route.
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