THE South-Eastern part of Nigeria has witnessed many attacks on Police stations in recent months; many of the attacks have led to the loss of lives, destruction of properties and weakening of the security system in the region.
The mood at Tungan-Madaki a large settlement in proximity with the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport and other neighboring communities in Jiwa Chiefdom of Abuja Municipal Area Council, is that of confusion, fear and despair. The bridge linking the community and other communities in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) has become a harbinger of death, sorrow and untold hardship. Josephine Ejeh who visited the site of the abandoned collapsed bridge re-echoes the ordeals of the people.
Twenty-five-year-old Aisha Bandado was in labour, experiencing pains from her groin. She had been pregnant for nine months, and it was time to deliver the baby. But Aisha would have to take a 14-Kilometres ride to Gidan Madi, a community in Sokoto, where the nearest Health centre was located.
