In recent times, Kaduna-Abuja highway of more than 200 kilometres as a gateway to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has been in the news for notoriety in kidnapping, banditry and robbery, among others, observers note.
They observe further that due to poor road network that has allowed this development, travelling on the highway has become a nightmare to motorists.
Serving state and federal lawmakers, foreign expatriates, high-profile persons and a former minister, have been reported kidnapped on this highway.
Concerned residents of FCT have, on many occasions, expressed concern about frequent incidences of kidnapping among other security challenges in FCT which they observe as a strange development.
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By Nduka Orjinmo
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image captionTwo daughters of Humaira Mustapha were kidnapped when gunmen attacked a girls school in Zamfara state
Since December, more than 600 students have been abducted from schools in north-west Nigeria, highlighting a worrying development in the country s kidnap-for-ransom crisis.
Friday s kidnapping of nearly 300 students from the Government Girls Science Secondary School in Jangebe, Zamfara state, which ended with their release, was the second mass kidnap from schools in less than 10 days. Twenty-seven boys and their teachers who were taken from a school in Kagara, Niger state on 17 February were released on Saturday.