Nigeria, March 25 -- Travellers in and outside Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, were held down for several hours on Monday as staff and students of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti, as well as residents of Odo Ado staged a peaceful protest to call the attention of the federal government to the poor state of Poly road.

Poly road, Ado-Ekiti is a federal government road linking both federal and state institutions such as the Federal Polytechnic, Afe Babalola University, Ekiti Knowledge Zone, Air Force Base, and Ekiti International Cargo Airport, among others.

The road is also a major route for travellers going to Abuja, Lagos and Ondo states, among others.

As part of measures to show their grievances and press home their demands, the prote...