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Nigeria protesters block highway after kidnapping surge

Residents of Gauraka community in Tafa Local Government Area of Niger State block the Kaduna-Abuja highway in Gauruka, near Abuja, Nigeria, on May 24, 2021. (Photo by AFP)

Hundreds of protesters partially block a highway into Nigeria's capital Abuja after residents reported a spate of kidnappings in the area. Setting tyres on fire, a crowd barricaded a section of the Abuja-Kaduna highway in the Tafa area of Niger state, bordering the federal capital.

(Source: AFP)


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