The Northern traders have started to divert their foodstuff and cattle to the neighbouring countries of Niger Republic and Cameroon.
On Friday in a video clip, trucks carrying foods items like tomatoes, onions, beans, yams and cattle from the North to the South were stopped at a Jebba village by some Northern youths.
It was gathered that the blockage of the trucks moving food from the North to the South was due to ultimatum given by the national leadership of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) to the Federal Government which demanded compensation for the losses suffered by Northern traders in the recent mayhem at Shasha market in Ibadan, Oyo State, and during the EndSARS protest.
Also, the new trading network began shortly after the Northern Consensus Movement (NCM) and the Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria commenced a strike on Thursday and blocked all ‘borders’ between the North and South.
The Northern groups also clarified on Friday that they were demanding only N4.7 billion as compensation for their members killed and properties destroyed during the Shasha crisis in Ibadan, Oyo State and the EndSARs protests in the Western and Eastern parts of the country, against the earlier reported N475 billion.
The National President, Northern Consensus Movement, Awwal Abdullahi Aliu, pointed out that the Federal Government had failed to meet all their demands, which had led to the commencement of the strike declared by the groups.
He stated that all the border roads between the North and West, North and South, and the North and East had been blocked against trucks carrying foodstuffs and other consumables from the North to any part of the South.