Passengers stranded as women protest in Rivers  airport gate

Women from the Ipo community in Rivers State yesterday, blocked the entrance of the Port Harcourt International Airport, in Omagwa, leaving several passengers stranded.

The women, who stormed the airport as early as 7.30 in the morning, blocked the gate at the airport roundabout, waving placards, singing, wailing, and even cooking at the gate.

Some of the inscriptions seen on the placards and banners with them include ‘We Demand Our Citizens Rights’, ‘Ipo Women Peaceful Protest’, among others.

It was gathered that the women are protesting  lack of electricity in their community.

The action of the protesters has also resulted in traffic build-up on the roads close to the airport. The report had it that Tuesday’s protest is the second of such happening within a space of 6 months.

It took the intervention of the former Chairman of the Rivers Traditional Rulers Council, Sergeant Awuse, to pacify the women during the previous protest, which occurred on the 27th of March this year