Following the increase in killings and kidnappings in Katsina state, angry residents of Yantumaki, a community in Katsina state on Tuesday staged a protest to show their grievances on the killings and kidnappings.
WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the angry residents reportedly set fire on a billboard of President Muhammadu Buhari and the state governor, Aminu Masari with the inscription ”The faces of fairness and champions of the masses.”
It was also learnt that the angry residents blocked the Kankara-Kastian road with tyres.
Following the blockage of Kankara-Kastian road with tyres, hundreds of motorists had to abandon the route to access Katsina town or Gusau in Zamfara state for safety.
This is coming barely a day after a health worker, Mansir Yusuf and his daughter were kidnapped from the community.
Another kidnapping incident also occured last week in which the district head of the area, Atiku Maidabino was killed by unidentified gunmen at his palace.
While lamenting about the high level of insecurity, the residents disclosed that no day goes by without any reported attack on the community or its neighboring villages.
Recall that Governor Masari announced that his government has pulled out of the peace agreement they reached with bandits who have been killing and destroying properties owned by innocent residents of Katsina state last week.
Katsina is President Buhari’s home state.
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