Nigeria: Akure Residents Protest Power Outage, Bad Roads

Akure — Country Manager, Sony, Vikram Salvan , Chairman, Flying Dove Ltd. Karan Israni (middle) and Managing Director Sony Gulf, Osamu Miura, during the unveiling of Sony Internet Tv at Federal Palace Hotel in Lagos at the weekend. Photo: Kunle Ajayi.

Thousands of residents of Ijoka/Ijo Mimo area in Akure, Ondo State on Monday barricaded the main road leading to the area to protest the incessant power outage by the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) in the last three months.

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