Nigeria, May 24 -- Youth protesting against rampant cases of kidnapping on the Kaduna-Abuja highway have burnt down a police station in Gauraka in Tafa Local Government area of Niger State which is on the highway.

The protest, which began in the early hours of Monday, saw the youth of Gauraka mounting road blocks and setting fire to tyres on the major road.

The youth were demanding that government curb kidnappings along the highway.

Residents told PREMIUM TIMES that the protest followed an attack by gunmen in Angwan-Wazobia community on Monday during which bandits abducted six locals.

The police spokesperson in Niger State, Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed the attack on the community and the burning of the police station in a statement on Mon...