…After 1st phase commissioning

• Obosi-Owerri Road end of bridge now in deplorable condition

• Motorists, commuters shun bridge

• Vandals, robbers, kidnappers take over bridge

• Police nab vandals, robbers

• Traditional ruler, stakeholders task FG on security, completion of project

From Aloysius Attah, Onitsha

Agitation for the building of a second bridge to complement the old Niger Bridge built in 1965, which had remained the only link road from the West to the East over the years was in the front burner for over 40 years.  

There were…