Niger state residents have taken to the streets to protest incessant kidnappings and bandit attacks by blocking the Gauraka Abuja-Kaduna Highway in the Tarfa Local Government Area of Niger State.
Kidnappers have been operating in the community with reckless abandon abducting residents on a daily basis.
The youths hit the road from 6:00am on Monday, May 24 and barricaded the busy road with bonfire, stones and wood, insisting that nobody will pass until the government addresses the issue of insecurity in the area.
The residents are angered that bandits have been picking people up from house to house without any intervention by the security agents in the area.
Despite the presence of the military barracks – Zuma Barracks– in the area the residents said they were helpless and cannot sleep well.
The protesters prevented vehicles from passing on the road.
The situation has led to heavy traffic congestion.
