They chanted war songs and set bonfire on the road, turning back motorists and other road users leading to a serious girdlock.
Youths from Yantumaki village in Danmusa Local Government Area of Katsina on Tuesday morning blocked the ever -busy Kankara – Katsina road and several adjoining road to protest the rising banditry attacks and other forms of insecurity in Katsina.
Investigation by The Nation revealed that the immediate cause of the protest was the kidnap of a health worker, Mansur Yusuf, and his daughter, neighbors of the late District head of Yantumaki by men suspected to be bandits on Tuesday morning. Its spokesman, Gambo Isah, told newsmen the Commissioner of Police Sanusi Buba Sanusi has directed the area Commander Dutsinma to relocate to Yantumaki.He said: “We are monitoring the situation and our men are firmly on ground controlling the situation to ensure that the protesters did not take the law into their hands as miscreants can take over the situation and start looting or burning property.
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