President Muhammadu Buhari is currently in Lagos state on a two-day working visit.
Based on his movements within the city, security operatives blocked major roads, subjecting residents to hardship.
Many trekked several kilometres to their destinations while some were stranded.
Some Nigerians took to Twitter to vent their anger.
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Agents of the State are mobilising 10 people from each ward in Lagos with a promise of NGN3,000 to come and hail Buhari while the police has caged the NBA Ikeja Branch which wishes to protest against Ambode’s retrogressive policies.
Any crowd you see in Lagos today is rented.
— 'Demola Olarewaju (@DemolaRewaju) March 29, 2018
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I really don’t know why Lagos had to shutdown for President Buhari’s visit. He lives here in Abuja and moves around amongst us on a regular basis, and we have never had to shut down the city for one day.
— HEO 🇳🇬 (@4eyedmonk) March 29, 2018
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This New Airport Terminal in Lagos was built and commissioned by GEJ
No public holiday was declared for its commissioning
No road closures.
No fan fareBuhari is coming to Lagos to commission a "Bus stop" and we have a State of Emergency on our hands pic.twitter.com/Pqgekwj4gT
— Ebube The Statesman (@akaebube) March 29, 2018
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When Buhari eventually visited Dapchi, Gov Geidam took out newspaper ads to thank him for d visit. If u are from Lagos, please appeal to ur Gov not to photocopy d stupidity of his Yobe colleague. That is one assault on civilization we shouldn't have to handle this Easter season.
Advertisement— Pius Adesanmi (@pius_adesanmi) March 28, 2018
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Lagos people, it doesn’t matter how upset you are at Buhari, please don’t throw anything at the president’s motorcade. You’ll be rightfully deemed a threat and the consequences could be fatal.
Do not throw anything at the president’s motorcade!
Advertisement— Editi Effiòng (@EditiEffiong) March 28, 2018
Lagos is aggressively looking for funds, so much so it jacked up Land Use Charges to ridiculous levels. Yet APC shut Lagos down for Buhari and lost the $250 million that accrues to its GDP everyday! I hope Ambode wont try to recoup the lost revenue by increasing other charges.
— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) March 29, 2018
People r getting arrested for trying to use pedestrian bridge … because buhari is coming to use it … U get arrested for trying to do d right thing
NIGERIA IS A JOKE
— alhaji al-fake abdul-life (@atomquietmoney) March 29, 2018
https://twitter.com/ebun_comet/status/979336231145426944
https://twitter.com/GreatGracious/status/979328596048318464
Lmao Buhari is in Lagos, and suddenly LUTH wants to renovate all surgical wards. Patients weren’t informed until this morning. Relatives are moving stuff up and down, the lift isn’t working. See, we are not ready.
— Ify (@Sauce_africaine) March 29, 2018
https://twitter.com/TolaSholaTV/status/979312692069625857
Jesus passed through Jerusalem last week,he ddnt shut down the https://t.co/1i3APUMCkB ambode closing Lagos for buhari,my grandpa smiling in heaven😁😁#lagos
— Great Lecron✨ (@ItsLecron) March 29, 2018
Since those that trekked from #Lagos to Sokoto & from Kafanchan to Calabar for @MBuhari later regretted, realizing he has failed.
Lagosians today decided to trek for BUHARI, reasons i don't know but i remember yesterday made it 3 years some 15million Nigerians voted for him. pic.twitter.com/B7AJye5HsY
— Edoko Wilson Edoko (@EdokoWilson) March 29, 2018
President Buhari visits #Lagos today and 20,000,000 are stuck in traffic…
We have a bit less wahalla when our Dutch prime minister @markrutte travels in the Netherlands. @Gidi_Traffic pic.twitter.com/AAaf0HAHWV— The View of Zanzibar & CAB van der Vinne (@JoopvanderVinne) March 29, 2018
Gen. Buhari, who terminated the Lagos Metroline Project in 1984 & paid the cost of construction as a consequence, came back as President Buhari in 2018 – 34 years later, to commission a bus terminal.
And to his mind, this is progress pic.twitter.com/erPGgM0Bac
— 20.10.2020 (@I_Am_Ilemona) March 29, 2018
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