By Akinwale Kasali
For the second time in one month, angry youths on Saturday blocked the Kaduna – Abuja Road.
Just as Kaduna State has become one of the epicenters of kidnapping in the North, the Kaduna Abuja Road has become one of the most dreaded roads in the country over the incessant kidnapping of Nigerians.
This forced youths from Anguwan Madaki, Kakau community, Chikun Local Government Areas of Kaduna to block the Kaduna-Abuja highway to protest the killing of four people and the abduction of 49 others by bandits during the week.
The Youths called on Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna wade into the spate of insecurity which is fast reducing the state to a pariah State.
The community, located on the outskirts of Kaduna metropolis, has come under persistent attacks by bandits throughout the week, forcing some residents to move out of the area in search of safety.
The youths say that the latest attacks in the occurred on Friday, June 18th, 2021 at about 10pm when bandits stormed the community, killed two people and abducted 20 others, including their Ruler, his wife and brother.
The Youths lamented that their Community had been under constant attack by bandits throughout the week. That prompted them to block the Kaduna-Abuja road by the over-head bridge on Saturday to express their frustration.
They lamented that the presence of Female soldiers’ camp close to Kakau did not help matters as there was no help whatsoever coming from the camp.
It added that the Military’s presence in the area has not yielded any result, calling on the President Muhammadu Buhari’s Administration to look into the issue.
They said their community has been leaving under fear and that many of their relatives have relocated to other places because of the insecurity in the area.
It would be recalled that a few weeks ago, 21 kidnapped students and Staff of Greenfield University in Kaduna were released by their abductors after over N150m was paid as ransom money.
Kaduna State has been volatile, as the security in the state has remained porous. The State Governor seems helpless as the situation degenerates everyday to a state of hopelessness.
