{"id":133506,"date":"2024-10-08T10:48:37","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T09:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/commuters-lament-insecurity-along-gusau-funtua-road"},"modified":"2024-10-08T11:52:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T10:52:00","slug":"commuters-lament-insecurity-along-gusau-funtua-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/commuters-lament-insecurity-along-gusau-funtua-road","title":{"rendered":"Commuters lament insecurity along Gusau-Funtua road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Concerned citizens have called on the security agencies to redouble efforts in order to arrest the persistent kidnappings along the Gusau-Funtua road.<\/p>\n<p>Many commuters told newsmen in Gusau, Zamfara State capital, that the situation has gone beyond control.<\/p>\n<p>According to one Abubakar Ibrahim Danmarke, \u201cI was travelling from Danmarke in Zamfara Kaduna on Monday, when bandits blocked the road; it was a sad experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the bandits blocked the road at three different locations during his journey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter the military operatives pushed the bandits out of the road, we encountered another group of bandits between Kucheri and Magazu, followed by a third ambush near Tsafe town,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that over ten members of the Zamfara local security network, Community Protection Guards, CPG, were reportedly killed in an ambush by the bandits.<\/p>\n<p>Another traveller, Umara Musa said that the Gusau-Funtua route had become so dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKillings and kidnappings by bandits have become everyday happenings,\u201d he lamented.<\/p>\n<p>One Babangida Haruna, a trader, said he used to visit weekly markets in Funtua, Sheme, Yankara, and Giwa, but had since stopped due to the persistent terror attacks along the road.<\/p>\n<p>He demanded a comprehensive review of the security architecture along the road for the safety of travellers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Concerned citizens have called on the security agencies to redouble efforts in order to arrest the persistent kidnappings along the Gusau-Funtua road. Many commuters told newsmen in Gusau, Zamfara State capital, that the situation has gone beyond control. According to one Abubakar Ibrahim Danmarke, \u201cI was travelling from Danmarke in Zamfara Kaduna [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":133505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[14946,363,254],"class_list":["post-133506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-gusau-funtua-road","tag-insecurity","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Commuters lament insecurity along Gusau-Funtua road - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Concerned citizens have called on the security agencies to redouble efforts in order to arrest the persistent kidnapping ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/commuters-lament-insecurity-along-gusau-funtua-road\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Commuters lament insecurity along Gusau-Funtua road\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Concerned citizens have called on the security agencies to redouble efforts in order to arrest the persistent kidnapping ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/commuters-lament-insecurity-along-gusau-funtua-road\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-08T09:48:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-10-08T10:52:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1728372084.065949.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/commuters-lament-insecurity-along-gusau-funtua-road#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/commuters-lament-insecurity-along-gusau-funtua-road\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Commuters lament insecurity along Gusau-Funtua road\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-08T09:48:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-08T10:52:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/commuters-lament-insecurity-along-gusau-funtua-road\"},\"wordCount\":225,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/commuters-lament-insecurity-along-gusau-funtua-road#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1728372084.065949.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gusau-Funtua road\",\"insecurity\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/commuters-lament-insecurity-along-gusau-funtua-road#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/commuters-lament-insecurity-along-gusau-funtua-road\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/commuters-lament-insecurity-along-gusau-funtua-road\",\"name\":\"Commuters lament insecurity along Gusau-Funtua road - 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