Travellers were at the receiving end as the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) barricaded roads leading to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.
The protest is in continuation of their demands to end of the ongoing industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
The action of the students who defied the heavy downpour, caused gridlock, leaving many travellers stranded and alighting from their vehicles to trek to the airport.
The students carried placards chanting Aluta songs to express their displeasure over the actions of the Federal Government.
The National Public Relations Officer of the National Association of Nigerian Students, Giwa Temitope, confirmed to journalists at the scene that policemen are at the protest scene.
“They are here to protect us. Nobody has been harassed but we are not relenting. No retreat, no surrender,” he said.
Lagos Panorama had earlier reported that NANS members threatened to ground activities at the local and international airports across the country effective today as part of efforts to drive home their demand that the ASUU strike is called off.
The protesting students had last week blocked the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and the Ibadan-Ife Road.
Public universities in the country have been shut down for seven months since February 14 when ASUU embarked on its industrial action.
Talks between the Federal Government and the striking lecturers have since broken down with both sides trading accusations.
With the possibility of an agreement looking increasingly unlikely as the days went by, the Federal Government dragged ASUU before the National Industrial Court.
Also, despite the ordeal, the travellers commended the students for coming out.
