Nigeria, May 18 -- At least one person was reportedly shot dead on Sunday when protesters blocked the strategic Kano-Katsina highway at the Dayi-Gwarzo corridor over relentless bandit attacks, extortion, and worsening insecurity in their border communities.

PREMIUM TIMES reported how the demonstration erupted between noon and 1:00 p.m. at the border between Gwarzo Local Government Area in Kano State and Malumfashi Local Government Area in Katsina State.

The protesters erected barricades, chanted slogans, and warned travellers to turn back, declaring the vital interstate route would remain closed. Hundreds of commuters and motorists were left stranded.

The blockade was still in force when a PREMIUM TIMES reporter travelling to Kano was ...