Nigeria, May 26 -- Thousands of travellers and motorists have been stranded in a massive traffic gridlock along the Abuja-Kaduna Highway, resulting from the Eid-el-Kabir travel rush.

The gridlock, which affected several sections of the busy highway, particularly the Nasarawa-Azara axis between Katari and Jere, forced many commuters to sleep in their vehicles as traffic slowed to a near standstill.

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in a statement on Sunday advised motorists travelling between Abuja and Kaduna to use the Kaduna-Kachia-Maraban Kubacha-Jere-Bwari alternative route to ease congestion on the expressway.

"The Corps also urges all road users to maintain lane discipline, avoid one-way driving, obey traffic officials, and dri...