By our reporter| Protesting university students on Monday blocked a section of the access road to the Murtala Muhammad International Airport in Lagos, to call attention to the seven-month strike action by ASUU.
The situation caused gridlock along the axis as the vehicular movement in and out of the airport was stalled.
Benjamin Hundeyin, the Lagos state command spokesman, who confirmed the development, said police officers have been deployed to the scene.
“Our men are there,” he confirmed to newsmen on Monday.
The national public relations officer of NANS, Giwa Temitope, also confirmed the presence of police officers at the venue of the protest.
“They are here to protect us. Nobody has been harassed but we are not relenting. No retreat, no surrender,” he said.
NANS members earlier in the month threatened to ground activities at the local and international airports across the country effective today as part of efforts to drive home their demand that the ASUU strike is called off.
The protesting students had last week blocked the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and the Ibadan-Ife Road.
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