Abia residents protest delayed road project, demand FG’s intervention

Residents of Ikwuano Local Government Area, Abia State, on Thursday, staged a peaceful protest over the prolonged delay in completing the reconstruction of the Umuahia-Ikot Ekpene Road, which connects Abia, Akwa Ibom, and Cross River states. The project, awarded to Heartland Construction Company over five years ago, remains incomplete, with protesters lamenting the hardship endured