{"id":913,"date":"2021-08-07T18:53:27","date_gmt":"2021-08-07T18:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?p=913"},"modified":"2023-09-07T17:22:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T16:22:42","slug":"passengers-kogi-senator-stranded-as-flood-takes-over-abuja-lokoja-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/passengers-kogi-senator-stranded-as-flood-takes-over-abuja-lokoja-highway\/","title":{"rendered":"Passengers, Kogi Senator Stranded as Flood Takes over Abuja-Lokoja Highway"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Yusuf Alli<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Flood has taken over some parts of Abuja-Lokoja-Okene highway between Kwali and Abaji after a four-hour rainfall.<\/p>\n About three buses were swept off the busy highway with many passengers trapped.<\/p>\n Many vehicles from Abuja could not proceed to Lokoja, Okene and the Southern parts.<\/p>\n Among those stranded was Senator of Kogi West District Smart Adeyemi.<\/p>\n Adeyemi said: \u201cThe flood was devastating. I witnessed how some vehicles were swept away from the highway.<\/p>\n \u201cI and many travellers can no longer continue with our journey. We have become stranded. There is no other way than to turn back to Abuja.\u201d<\/p>\n Another passenger, Hadiza Abdulkareem said: \u201cWe have waited for 45 minutes for the flood to subside.<\/p>\n \u201cI think the relevant agencies should sustain the warning enlightenment to travellers in this rainy season.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Yusuf Alli Flood has taken over some parts of Abuja-Lokoja-Okene highway between Kwali and Abaji after…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[207,34,208,169],"yoast_head":"\n