Author: Ak Kingsley

For years, the stretch of road from Ete Junction to Okopedi community in Ikot Abasi LGA was less of a thoroughfare and more of a trial. The entire 14-kilometre stretch was a gauntlet of potholes, some deep enough to swallow a tyre, jagged edges, and sections that dissolved into muddy chaos with every rainfall. It was a road that demanded attention, punished vehicles, and trapped commuters in hours of frustrating, hazardous traffic. Accidents were frequent, tempers flared, and the economic pulse of the communities along the route beat slower with every passing, difficult day. Then, something remarkable happened. Without fanfare,…