More than 50 motorists, passengers including a United Nations Humanitarian Worker (Abubakar Garba Idris) have been abducted by suspected terrorists along the deadly Maiduguri- Jakana- Damaturu 135km federal highway.
This latest incident is coming barely two weeks when 35 passengers mostly women were kidnapped near Mainok village situated between Jakana and Beneshiekh town of Kaga Local Government Area of Borno state, in which, Governor Babagana Zulum visited the scene and later pointed an accusing fingers to security agencies for not doing their best to secure lives and property along the only road that links the state capital to other parts of the country despite unrelenting support from Government.
Reliable information obtained from some of the escapee, said, the terrorists barricaded the road near Matari village close to Jakana at about 8:25am. (Vanguard)