Nigeria, July 20 -- Residents of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) Estate, popularly known as ACO Estate, protested on Saturday against the incessant and unregulated blasting operations at a Chinese quarry site.

Over 100 residents, including commercial motorcyclists operating in the estate, led by the Estate Chairman, Sunny Kulutuye, and other executives, staged the protest at the junction leading to the quarry site operated by the Chinese company, Dai Jin Investment Limited.

The protesters, who gathered at about 6.30 a.m., blocked all access routes to the site to express their grievances regarding the blasting operations.

They also used six vehicles to barricade the routes and stopped the heavy-duty trucks from moving to load gr...