Hundreds of students from the Federal University Gusau in Zamfara State have blocked the Gusau-Kaduna road in protest of the kidnapping of five university students.
Five students from the institution were abducted by bandits last Friday night, prompting the students to block the road, leaving several motorists stranded for several hours.
Security agents’ efforts to disperse the students were futile, as many of them sat on the main road, calling on the appropriate authorities to take immediate action on the institution’s security situation.
The Vice Chancellor of the institution, Professor Muazu Abubakar who was at the scene of the incident appealed to the protesting students to allow motorists to pass through the road but they refused to listen to his plea.
Professor Muazu assured the students that efforts would be made by the institution to ensure adequate security in the institution, but the students insisted that they would not go anywhere.
At the time of filing this report, hundreds of vehicles were packed on the road, while the students kept on shouting saying that the governments have failed.
One of the students Musa Shehu who spoke to newsmen stated that many students were kidnapped in the past but no action was taken to rescue them.
“He said, “A lot of students have been kidnapped from this institution but no positive action is taken to rescue them.
“There are some students currently in bandits camp and the authorities are not making any move to rescue them”.