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Breaking: Protesters block Abuja-Kaduna highway over kidnapping, police wade in

Some irate youth on Sunday, April 21, took over the byepass corridor of the Nnamdi Azikiwe highway making it difficult for motorists as they protested against the increasing rate of kidnapping in Kaduna state.

But the Kaduna state police command said it had restored law and order on express way after irate youths blocked the byepass over an alleged overnight kidnapping in Kaduna.

The News reports that at about 1:00 a.m., suspected gunmen stormed Rariya community near Kabala and allegedly kidnapped some people, leading to protests over the incident.

A resident, Abubakar Ladan, alleged that three women, a teenager and a man were kidnapped.

The Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Yakubu Sabo, confirmed the incident.

Sabo said when the incident was reported to the Divisional Police Officer, he lead a team of personnel to the area for rescue.

“When they went there, the suspected kidnappers had ran away.

” Instead of the people to give police cooperation to see how to address the issue, they decided to protest and block the highway.

He explained that blocking of a highway was wrong because “this highway is connecting many states of the federation.

"When you are expressing your grievances, you must not tamper with the rights of others.

“They went to Police Station and protested and attempted to burn it."

Sabo said in spite of all measures to pacify them, to understand the civil obligation on them, they refused.

He added that to ensure public order and safety , “we used minimum force to disperse them.

“They decided to stone the security agencies, apart from lamentation and insults”.

He disclosed that the ring leader of the protest had been arrested.

NAN gathered that the residents protested against alleged police delay and inaction while the incident was going on.

Source: Legit.ng



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