Bandits Overrun Sokoto Villages as Residents Block Highway in Protest

Sokoto State witnessed heightened tension on Tuesday after hundreds of residents stormed the Sokoto-Lagos highway in Shagari Local Government Area, protesting what they described as government abandonment in the face of worsening bandit attacks. The demonstrators, made up of men, women, and children, lamented that rural communities have been left at the mercy of armed […]