Tag: Kaduna-Abuja highway

Workers strike: IGP assures safety on Kaduna-Abuja expressway

Aminu Imam

Deploys additional Police operatives, operational assets The Acting Inspector-General of Police, (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the deployment of additional Police operatives and crime prevention assets to ensure public safety and strengthen security along the Kaduna Abuja expressway. The IGP gave the directive as a proactive measure to protect communities and travelers in anticipation of increased traffic on Kaduna Abuja expressway following the disruption of other means of transportation by industrial action in Kaduna State.  The IGP noted that the deployment is designed to enhance police visibility,…

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Residents block Kaduna-Abuja highway in protest over kidnappings

Aminu Imam

Movement was halted on the ever-busy Kaduna-Abuja highway yesterday, as residents of Gonin-Gora suburb took to the street to protest rising cases of kidnapping in the area. Gonin Gora is in Chikun local government area of Kaduna State. Recently, four people were reportedly abducted by bandits from their residences in Ungwan-Auta. The protesters, mostly women and youths gathered at the main highway around 10 am demanding an end to the incessant kidnapping in the community. They vowed to remain on the road until they are addressed by the State Governor…

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Insecurity: Nine bandits neutralised on Kaduna-Abuja highway – KDSG

Aminu Imam

  Foil bandits’ attempt to move rustled cattle  Troops in Kaduna State said they have killed 9 armed bandits following a firefight that began on Monday night all through the early hours yesterday. The Kaduna State Government was informed of the development by the military securing the Kaduna-Abuja Road general area. The States Commissioner, Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan,  yesterday stated that the troops acted on intelligence that the bandits were attempting to cross over from the eastern part of the Kaduna-Abuja road to the western part, with…

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