NIGER: Six abducted, police station razed as miscreants barricade Abuja-Kaduna highway

SIX persons were kidnapped yesterday along the Kaduna-Abuja expressway, the State Police Command has said.

The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Wasiu Abiodun, who confirmed that gunmen attacked residents of Angwan-Wazobia community in Tafa Local Government Area of the state, said the incident took place “May 24 at about 03:00 hours.”

He said, however, that a team of policemen had mobilised to the area and intensified efforts to rescue the kidnapped victims.

The PPRO, also said that about 06:35 hours, some miscreants barricaded both sides of Abuja–Kaduna highway protesting the recent cases of kidnapping in the community.

Some of the miscreants, said the PPRO, later extended the protest to Gauraka Police Station where they vandalised and set it ablaze.

He said efforts to disperse the protesters were ongoing with reinforcement dispatched from Minna to the Area Command, Suleja.

He added that a joint task force was established on Minna–Suleja highway to restore normalcy.

The Command called on members of the public, parents/guardians and community leaders to caution their wards against public disturbances as it would continue the onslaught against criminal elements in the society.