The protesters are from villages under incessant attacks by bandits.
have blocked the federal highway linking the area in protest against incessant killings and abductions by bandits in their communities.One of them, Hamza Abdullahi, said most of the protesters are residents of villages under incessant attacks by bandits.Another resident of Lambar Bakura, who gave his name simply as Mustapha, said: “We are being attacked by these people every day. Just last month, they killed our village head and they keep abducting and killing our people.
“The bandits have vowed to keep unleashing mayhem on the villages. We don’t even know what they want,” Mr Mustapha said.
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