Hundreds of Adamawa youths on Tuesday blocked the federal highway passing through Girei community to Yola, the state capital, and other parts of the state to protest against incessant kidnappings in the area. The youths, who are from Girei Local Government Area, rendered many travellers and motorists stranded. “But what we are hearing now is that there is an order from the police headquarters that the suspects be released,“ he alleged. He alleged that between N60 million and N70 million had also been paid as ransom to kidnappers. “I had to intervene yesterday to stop youths from burning down Girei Police Station,” Hamman-Girei said.

Source: Punch January 07, 2020 11:48 UTC