The police declined to comment on why they needed to block the roads and avoid causing hardship for workers on a working day.
There's a massive blockade by security agencies of routes leading to Eagles Square and the Federal Secretariat in Abuja, where disgruntled Nigerians were planning to use for their protests against the controversial cybercrime law and the state of emergency in Rivers State.
Vanguard observed that riot police used their vehicles to block the routes leading to the venue of the planned protest even before daybreak.
As a result, workers and members of the public who had taken their usual routes to access their offices on Monday morning, were stranded, as they were turned back by the security agents.
Those who insisted on going to their offices, which share a boundary with Eagles Square, were forced to disembark from their buses and walk to their respective offices under security watch.
In the ensuing confusion and chaos, the roads leading to Eagles Square and the adjoining areas were flooded with commuters and vehicles, leading to traffic gridlock and a struggle by passengers to exit the crowded areas.
The police declined to comment on why they needed to block the roads and avoid causing hardship for workers on a working day.
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