Thousands of travellers and hundreds of vehicles were stranded, on Saturday, as took over the Kotangora-Minna Highway, kidnapping several travelers in the process.
The incident occured at Yakila and Garun Gabas near Kundu in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State.
The armed bandits in their number reportedly blocked both motorists and travellers along the road in an operation that lasted for about an hour.
It was learnt that while the operation lasted, there was no security presence close to rescue the situation, thereby leaving the travellers in panic.
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However, an eyewitness told said that the bandits succeeded in abducting several persons.
“We were stranded for some hours as the bandits took their time to operate. At the end of the operation, some number of persons were kidnapped. The development was so pathetic, as we all watched helplessly.
“We were all afraid because, there was nothing we could do. No security operative was around to help us.
“Even members of the communities all went into hiding. We are praying to God to help Niger and Nigeria to bring this situation to an end,” the source lamented.