TERRORISM: Kaduna Govt Reacts To Shehu Sani's Alarm| READ DETAILS

Author cum human rights activist, Shehu Sani took to his handle on the microblogging platform, Twitter on Thursday, 31st March to announce he had been alerted of a barricade on the Kaduna-Abuja road by bandits in their numbers.

The member of the Red Chamber wrote;

''Just got a distress call that Bandits in large numbers have again blocked the Kaduna-Abuja road this afternoon. Travellers are speedily turning backwards.''

Dismissing the report in a statement, the Kaduna Govt termed it ''false''.

Clearing the air, the State Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan in the statement said;

"A few hours ago some panic was spread on social media over bandits barricading the Kaduna-Abuja Road and kidnapping citizens plying the route,
The buzz in circulation is false and was presented by a group of social media enthusiasts who celebrate negative news.
The preliminary operational feedback showed that fleeing bandits escaping a military onslaught attempted to pass through a narrow corridor around Kasarami general area of Kaduna-Abuja road.
The troops, on receiving this intelligence, hurriedly moved to the location and engaged them in the adjoining forest.
The Kaduna State Government will update members of the general public when more detailed feedback is received.
The Kaduna State Government does not deny the existence of security challenges, and continues to work assiduously with relevant military and security agencies."

Meanwhile, the dust raised by the recent strike of terrorism in the Kaduna-Abuja train attack is yet to settle.