Six people have been reportedly killed while some sustained injuries in the ongoing protest in the Suleja local government area of Niger State.
The victims were said to have been killed while security operatives were struggling to dislodge a group of protesters
who mounted a barricade on a section of Abuja-Kaduna highway.
According to report passengers and motorists plying the
highways were trapped on the road for hours while policemen who were around the barricade could not control the youths who outnumbered them.
A reinforcement team was sent to the scene where pandemonium occurred.
Those killed were Mallam Abu and Yahaya Nda Isah, a resident of Hassan Dalatu Road, Suleja, who was hit by a stray bullet and was said to be on his bike when the bullet fired to disperse the protesters hit him on his chest and he died on the spot.
Another victim was simply identified as also said to have died
on the spot.
Eyewitnesses who are residents of the area told newsmen that three other people were shot at the same scene while two others were shot at the Suleja Junction on Abuja-Kaduna road but
could not confirm if other victims were dead.
