It was a harrowing tale of hardship for commuters on the ever-busy Mokwa-Bida highway as protesters blocked the highway over claims of persistent banditry.
A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who was at the scene, reports that all entry points into Mokwa were blocked by the angry protesters.
NAN gathered that many travellers had been stranded since Saturday night.
One of the protesters, Saliu Mohammed, claimed that suspected bandits recently abducted 15 residents of the community.
This could not be independently verified.
