Outrage in Sokoto as deadly bandit attacks spark protest, displace residents

By Musa Ubandawaki, Sokoto
Residents of Bodinga Local Government Area of Sokoto State on Friday staged a mass protest over renewed bandit attacks that reportedly claimed several lives, displaced scores of villagers and heightened fears across affected communities.
The protesters blocked the Sokoto–Jega–Yauri highway, a major route linking Sokoto with Kebbi and Niger states, demanding urgent government intervention to halt the escalating insecurity in the area.
The protest disrupted vehicular movement for several hours as demonstrators set tyres and logs ablaze on sections of the highway.
Eyewitnesses said some vehicles, including a bus belonging to the Kebbi State Transport Author...