{"id":18825,"date":"2026-01-12T13:18:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T13:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/18825\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T13:18:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T13:18:06","slug":"peter-obi-slams-checkpoints-causing-gridlock-across-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/18825\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Obi Slams Checkpoints ‘Causing Gridlock’ Across Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former presidential candidate Peter Obi has raised concerns<\/a> about the growing number of security checkpoints across Nigeria, saying they are endangering lives and causing “appalling levels of traffic congestion”.<\/p>\n

In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Obi said he “traversed several major roads across the country” during the festive season and noted that, at times, the gridlocks were so extreme “that travellers bound for distant destinations were forced to abandon their journeys.”<\/p>\n

The politician called for urgent reforms, saying checkpoints must be strategically located away from narrow roads and construction zones. Nigerian traffic is notorious for being severe due to high vehicle density and poor road infrastructure.<\/p>\n

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Nigeria:\u00a0
\n Army Denies Allegations of Allowance Non-Payment, Extortion in Ogun
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Vanguard, 5 January 2026<\/p>\n

The Headquarters of the 35 Artillery Brigade, Abeokuta, has dismissed allegations of non-payment of allowances and extortion by soldiers deployed in Ogun State, describing the\u2026\u00a0Read\u00a0more\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Nigeria:\u00a0
\n Yuletide – S-East-Bound Commuters Battle Extortion, Terrible Roads
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Vanguard, 23 December 2025<\/p>\n

Thousands of Nigerians travelling by road to their hometowns for Christmas and New Year celebrations are enduring severe hardship, particularly on routes to the South Eastern part\u2026\u00a0Read\u00a0more\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Nigeria:\u00a0
\n Christmas – DHQ Tightens Security Across Nigeria, Deploys Troops, Air Assets – Official
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Premium Times, 22 December 2025<\/p>\n

“The Armed Forces of Nigeria have emplaced robust and proactive measures aimed at preventing attacks during the Christmas festivities.”\u00a0Read\u00a0more\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Nigeria:\u00a0
\n Security Checkpoints Still Litter Roads in S-East
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Vanguard, 10 December 2025<\/p>\n

ENUGU -MAJOR roads in the South-East region have always been and remain notorious for checkpoints mounted by security agencies, especially Police, Army, Road Safety and others with\u2026\u00a0Read\u00a0more\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Nigeria:\u00a0
\n Insecurity – New Defence Minister to Withdraw Soldiers From Checkpoints
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Premium Times, 4 December 2025<\/p>\n

The minister-designate also said he would encourage deployment of technology to fight crime.\u00a0Read\u00a0more\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Nigeria:\u00a0
\n Security Checkpoints Causing Gridlock On Nigerian Roads – – Peter Obi
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Leadership, 12 January 2026<\/p>\n

Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has raised concerns over what he described as the growing danger posed by poorly positioned security checkpoints across\u2026\u00a0Read\u00a0more\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

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President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the removal of all military check points nationwide and directed that police should take control of internal security.<\/p>\n

Read\u00a0more\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

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Nigeria police checkpoint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former presidential candidate Peter Obi has raised concerns about the growing number of security checkpoints across Nigeria, saying…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[63,5963,83,1165,265,262,362,96,122,1166,261,264,263,266,325],"class_list":{"0":"post-18825","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nigeria","8":"tag-africa","9":"tag-arms-and-military-affairs","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-conflict","12":"tag-current-events","13":"tag-economy","14":"tag-legal-and-judicial-affairs","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-nigeria","17":"tag-peace-and-security","18":"tag-politics","19":"tag-sports","20":"tag-trade","21":"tag-travel","22":"tag-west-africa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}