Kagara Abduction: Niger Governor Cries Out, ‘Abuja Has Abandoned Us’
Kagara Abduction: Niger Governor Cries Out, ‘Abuja Has Abandoned Us’
Nigeria’s central government under the thumb of All Progressives Congress (APC) has dumped Niger State Government in the now-stalled rescue operation for the abducted Kagara Government Science College students.
Governor Abubakar Sani Bello is accusing the Buhari administration of abandoning it to its fate in its bid to rescue the abducted 27 Kagara students.
This is coming as
ThisDay reports that several travellers were abducted along the Maiduguri-Damaturu Highway on Thursday as suspected Boko Haram fighters laid siege on the major highway from Yobe State to troubled Borno State.
Michael Olugbode in Maiduguri
Several travellers were abducted yesterday on Maiduguri-Damaturu highway as suspected Boko Haram fighters laid siege to travellers on the major highway from Yobe State to troubled Borno State.
THISDAY gathered in Maiduguri that the insurgents ambushed commercial vehicles plying the highway yesterday afternoon and abducted many passengers.
One of the travellers, who was fortunate not to be among those abducted, told THISDAY that vehicles were stopped by the insurgents, with the passengers dragged out and taken away along the bush path.
He said the heavy armed insurgents took position on the Highway at Garin- Kuturu near Auno, Konduga Local Government Area, of Borno State, few kilometres from Maiduguri the capital.