A heavy duty trailer has broken down on Niger bridge in Koton karfi of Kogi State, cutting off hundreds of travellers.
Report reaching us at Greenbarge Reporters said that vehicles coming the Southern parts of the country are stranded in the middle of the bridge and far behind the same way the vehicles coming from the North, including Abuja.
It was gathered that some drivers paid off their passengers and meandered out of the traffic jam to return to base. Such passengers either trekk across the bridge to board another vehicles to continue with the journey or return to where they were coming from .
Information has it that officers of the Federal Road Safety Commission and other security officers who tried to salvage the situation were helpless, as even the bridge is being threatened by over-filled water.
Houses around the bridge are already immersed in water.
