For now, avoid Kaduna highway, Security group caution travelers

The Chairman of Birnin Gwari Vanguards for Security and Good Governance, Ibrahim Nagwari, has advised travellers to avoid the Kaduna highway pending the restoration of security in the area.

Nagwari, in a statement, said that there was a “need for the people of Birnin-Gwari and communities along the Kaduna-Birnin-Gwari Highway to halt with immediate effect travelling on this notorious highway until the security situation improves.

The was reacting to the recent attack by some bandits on Tuesday where student and travellers were abducted along the Birnin Gwari highway, in the Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

NaijaBlitzNews.com recalls that the hoodlums also burnt eight vehicles in which the students were travelling to write exams for the School of Health Technology, in Makarfi, scheduled to hold at the Kaduna State University in the metropolis.

The Public Relations Officer of the Birnin Gwari Emirate Progressive Union, Idris Saidu, who stated this in a statement, said the bandits laid siege to three different locations on the highway forcing motorists to make U-turns.

Following this, the Chairman of Birnin Gwari Vanguards for Security and Good Governance, Ibrahim Nagwari, has advised travellers to avoid the highway pending the restoration of security in the area.

Women and children were said to be mostly among the travellers that were abducted and were taken to an unknown location.

Nagwari noted that the bandits blocked the Birnin-Gwari-Kaduna Highway, intercepted a convoy of motorists with security escorts between Kuriga and Manini, near Udawa, and they left with an unspecified number of people into the bush.

Nagwari expressed fears that the gunmen had formed an alliance with the Ansaru terrorist group to declare war on the residents of Birnin-Gwari, adding that the political will of the government to tackle the security threats had been a mirage.

He urged the people of the area to stop travelling through the Kaduna-Birnin-Gwari Highway until security could be guaranteed.

According to him, we had always appreciated the efforts of security personnel in their passion to curtail the security challenges bedevilling the Birnin-Gwari general area, but our people have reached a point of no return.

Nagwari added, “This organisation, hereby, advises all our citizens to exercise maximum restraint and obey all rules of the land and seclude themselves in prayers for Allah’s intervention to deal with these terrorists and their collaborators within our communities.

“Equally, we pray for the safe return of our people, mostly women and children that were abducted.”