Scores of youths suspected internet fraudsters popularly known as ‘Yahoo Boys’ on Tuesday staged a protest over incessant arrest by security agencies.
Our correspondent gathered the they stormed the Ilesha West Local Government Secretariat, blocked Osogbo/Ilesha expressway in the state and made bonfire on the road, therefore halting free flow of traffic along the busy major road.
AMILOADED gathered that the bonfire was said to have been made exactly at the entrance of the Ilesha Council office.
AMILOADED further gathered that the protesters were protesting their recent arrest by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
They alleged that the EFCC officials recently stormed the hotel they lodged in and arrested some of their colleagues.
It was gathered that owing to the road blockage, motorists plying the expressway were said to have been stranded.
Some of the road users, who know the terrain, had made u-turn for other routes.
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