Travellers stranded as protesters block Mokwa-Bida highway over insecurity
It was a harrowing tale of hardship for commuters on the ever-busy Mokwa-Bida highway as protesters blocked the highway over claims of persistent banditry.
All entry points into Mokwa were blocked by the angry protesters.
It was gathered that many travellers had been stranded since Saturday night.
One of the protesters, Saliu Mohammed, claimed that suspected bandits recently abducted 15 residents of the community.
This could not be independently verified.
He alleged that security agencies had not been able to rescue the victims.
Mr Mohammed vowed that the protest would be sustained until the victims were rescued.
A commuter heading to Abuja from Ilorin, Joy Amaechi, lamented that she had spent five hours at Mokwa with no solution in sight.
She called for urgent government intervention to rescue the victims.
A driver with a popular mass transit company, Henry Nwachuckwu, said he had arrived at Mokwa at about 7 a.m. on Sunday.
As at the time of filing this report at about 10:30 a.m., the protesters had yet to leave the highway.
(NAN)
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