Dogara Bitrus, BornoThousands of commuters plying the Maiduguri-Damaturu Road, Borno State, have expressed frustration at the continued closure of the road 19 days after the army announced the blockage of some roads around the Timbuktu Triangle area due to an ongoing military operation. Our bus arrived Damaturu around 5.30pm yesterday, but we couldn’t proceed because the road will be closed before we get to the checkpoint. Businessmen who spoke to PUNCH Metro said their businesses had been affected by the almost three weeks’ closure of the road. A dealer in birds, Yusuf Hassan, who plied the road twice a week, said he lost over N50,000 in one week. He said, “I plied this road twice every week before the closure.

Source: Punch October 30, 2020 01:18 UTC