Youths, protesting against incessant attacks by bandits and kidnappers on their communities, have blocked vehicular movements at the Suleja, Niger State end of the popularly Abuja-Kaduna Expressway.
Their anger was reported to have been fuelled by the early Monday fresh attack in the area during which at least 12 persons were abducted in Gauraka town.
A similar attack was recorded last week in Kwakwashi community where one person was killed and 13 residents were kidnapped.
However, security personnel has been mobilized to the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway to avoid the breakdown of law and order.
There have been speculations about Boko Haram terrorists infiltrating Gauraka community after Governor Abubakar Bello announced that terrorists have hoisted their flags in some communities in Niger State in April.
Gauraka community is about five kilometres away from Nigeria’s seat of power, Abuja.
Residents lament that they have long lost sleep due to the activities of kidnappers who have continued to terrorise the community.
They explained that more than thirty people have been abducted from January to date.
Niger State has come under serious banditry attacks which have left hundreds of people killed, including security personnel, and more than fifteen thousand people displaced who are now taking shelter in temporary camps provided by the state government.
