A portion of the Makurdi-Lafia road at the Yelewata settlement on the outskirts of Makurdi in Benue state has collapsed and just a chunk of the rod is still hanging. Yesterday night, tragedy occurred as a car fell into the pit on the collapsed road – leaving one person dead on the spot.

According to Ukan Kurugh, some angry youths in the area have barricaded the road in demonstration as a result of the incident. The condition is said to be critical that, another heavy rainfall is enough to severe Makurdi and all persons passing through it from the rest of Lafia to Abuja therefrom.