Bandits attack travellers on Kaduna-Zaria highway, kill one, abduct many

Bandits on Monday night attacked scores of travellers on the Kaduna-Zaria expressway, killing at least one person and abducting many others.

The bandits were said to have blocked the Kaduna-Zaria highway in Kaduna State and many motorists who ran into their trap became helpless.

According to a Daily Trust report, the incident happened around Mawai village also known as Gonar Magajin Gari.

A source identified the traveller shot dead as Alhaji Sani Dogara, who was reportedly heading for Kaduna from Zaria

The armed men were said to have operated unchallenged for almost three hours

The Kaduna State Police Command has not reacted on the incident as several calls made to the Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalige, were unanswered

The bandits reportedly came in many vehicles, stationed them around Tudun Gaude village

The vehicles were said to have been used to move their captives to an unknown destination

Daily Trust quoted a source as saying, “We were by the roadside when we noticed vehicles making abrupt U-turns on the lane to Kaduna from Zaria while other vehicles ran into the bush

“We also saw several motorists alighting from their vehicles in confusion and running on foot into bushes and we also ran.

The eyewitness, however, said at the time they ran into the bush, there was no gunshot fired during the operation but confirmed that he later saw that one person had been shot on the hip

The scene of the incident is about 15 kilometres from Zaria

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