Mosque Attacked in Benin City As Nationwide Strike Grips Country

RFI

9 January 2012

Mosque Attacked in Benin City As Nationwide Strike Grips Country

Violence broke out in the Nigerian southern city of Benin during a nationwide strike on Monday over soaring fuel prices which paralysed the country with road, sea and air traffic at a standstill.

The industrial action follows a controversial government decision to end fuel subsidies from 1 January which has seen fuel prices more than double in Africa's largest oil producer.

At least 10 people are reported to have been injured when protestors attacked a mosque in the city.

+++ 

"It's been totally, totally successful. Nigerians have never witnessed a thing like it in the culture and history of their struggles," he told RFI . "Everything is down, completely. It's an indefinite strike, we don't know how long this will last."