{"id":15078,"date":"2020-05-25T09:54:04","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T09:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=15078"},"modified":"2020-05-25T09:54:12","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T09:54:12","slug":"dozens-stranded-as-anambra-govt-erects-giant-gate-on-niger-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=15078","title":{"rendered":"Dozens stranded as Anambra govt erects giant gate on Niger Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Willie-Obiano.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/suspended-anambra-lawmakers-who-masterminded-speakers-removal-reinstated\/\">Anambra State<\/a>&nbsp;government has closed the state\u2019s section of the River Niger Bridge by mounting a giant gate at a spot on the bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government reportedly took the decision to check the violators of the inter-state travel ban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a video that had gone viral on social media, many people were left stranded on a particular section of the bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Federal Government had last month banned inter-state travel as part of measures to check the spread of COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anambra has eight confirmed cases of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/oyo-gov-makinde-announces-27-fresh-covid-19-infections-in-ibadan-firm\/\">COVID-19<\/a>, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, one patient had been discharged, leaving the state with seven active cases of COVID-19. 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