A former federal lawmaker and social activist, Senator Shehu Sani, has confirmed that a group of terrorists on Sunday blocked the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway and abducted scores of passengers. Sani revealed this in a post on X platform (formerly Twitter) saying that the incident happened near Kateri village around 9pm. The former lawmaker added that politicians from the ruling All Progressive Congress(APC) and opposition parties were among those who escaped being abducted by the terrorists.
The police said its Operation Puff Adder detectives and those of the Nigerian Army Operation Thunder Strike foiled the abduction along the Kaduna-Abuja Highway on Monday.
Kaduna State police command said they collaborated with other security agencies to foil a kidnap attempt along Abuja/Kaduna highway. In a statement issued