Nigeria, May 17 -- Angry residents and youth groups on Sunday blocked the strategic highway linking Kano and Katsina states, halting vehicular movement along the Dayi-Gwarzo corridor in protest against relentless bandit attacks and escalating insecurity in their communities.

The demonstration erupted between noon and 1 p.m. at border communities between Gwarzo Local Government Area of Kano State and Malumfashi Local Government Area of Katsina State, leaving hundreds of commuters and motorists stranded.

Protesters erected makeshift barricades, chanted slogans, and warned travellers to turn back, declaring that the vital interstate route would remain shut.

The blockade was still ongoing when a PREMIUM TIMES reporter travelling to Kano le...