By Uzor Odigbo
Tension builds around Kaduna-Abuja Highway today, Monday 24th, 2021 as Niger State residents trouped out in large number to protest Incessant Kidnapping in the area.
According an eyewitness reports, the angry residents blocked the Gauraka Abuja-Kaduna Highway in the Tarfa Local Government Area of Niger State, as they protested the incessant kidnappings recorded on the road.
They blocked the highway with stones, burning tyres and wood, insisting that nobody will pass until the government addresses the issue of insecurity in the area. They alleged that kidnappers and bandits have been operating in the community unhindered on a daily basis and abducted many residents.
According to them, bandits have been picking people up from house to house without any intervention by the security agents in the area despite the presence of a military barracks, Zuma Barracks, in the area