Friday, April 3, 2026 - Hundreds of passengers were stranded after a temporary bridge constructed by a private individual at the Namnai Bridge collaged in Taraba State.
Namnai Bridge is located along the Jalingo-Wukari trunk A
Federal Highway.
The original bridge had given way two years ago and is yet
to be reconstructed.
It was gathered that the River Namnai overflowed its banks
following heavy rainfall on Wednesday night, washing away the makeshift
structure.
According to Daily Trust, the temporary bridge had been
serving as a critical passage for motorists due to the continued absence of a
permanent replacement.
The individual who constructed it reportedly charged between
N3,000 and N20,000 per vehicle, with hundreds of vehicles, including trucks,
using the route daily.
However, motorists were unable to cross at the site after
the collapse of the temporary bridge, as rising water levels made the route
impassable.
A driver, Musa Adamu, told Daily Trust that hundreds of
vehicles were forced to park on both sides of the river.
He added that passengers now have to cross on foot and board
other vehicles on the opposite side to continue their journeys.
Observations at the site indicate that reconstruction work
on the collapsed bridge—awarded three months ago by the North East Development
Commission—is progressing slowly.
The commission had earlier assured that the project would be
completed by December this year.
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