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Olabode Adaramola<\/p>\n

A Niger State High Court two,(2) sitting in Minna\u00a0 has ordered the National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO), Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) and the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) to pay N1billion\u00a0 in general, exemplary and economic loss to the people of Niger state due to the blockade,\u00a0 barricade and obstruction of major inter-states roads in Niger state in 2021.<\/p>\n

The Presiding judge of the court,\u00a0 Justice Makaila Abdullahi gave the order in Minna on Monday in the suit instituted by a Non-Governmental Organization( NGO) under the aegies of\u00a0 Yal Almajiri Endowment Initiative.<\/p>\n

The court declared the week-long blockade and obstructions of Niger roads as illegal and\u00a0 unconstitutional which impede the free movement of the plaintiffs and other road users.<\/p>\n

The court also\u00a0 granted a perpetual order restraining\u00a0 the defendants from further blockade and obstructing the affected roads or any other roads\u00a0 in Niger state\u2026<\/p>

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However,\u00a0 Counsel to the first Defendant , NARTO, Barr. Job\u00a0 Okebe said he will study\u00a0 the judgment with a view to appealing\u00a0 the Court’s verdict.<\/p>\n

Speaking with journalists shortly after the judgement was delivered by the Court, Okebe insisted that the judgment cannot stand in Appeal Court.<\/p>\n

But in a swift reaction,\u00a0 the Co-ordinator of Yal Almajiri Initiative said that judgment is a victory for the ordinarily people of Niger state who suffered the hardships resulting from the action of the trailer drivers who blocked all roads in Niger state that time.<\/p>\n

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