No fewer than 26 travellers were kidnapped by suspected bandits on the Gusau-Sokoto highway on Tuesday afternoon.
The bandits, who were said to have blocked the road around Kwaren Kirya village under Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State, abducted all the passengers from a Toyota 18-seater bus and a Volkswagen golf vehicle
A resident of the area who pleaded anonymity for security reasons told CHANNELS TV that the situation was getting worrisome as the bandits now blocked the road daily.
“As I’m talking to you now, about 30 minutes ago, these bandits have blocked another side of the road. They cleared the passengers of an 18 seater bus and a golf, the situation is worrisome because it has become an everyday thing for these people to be blocking the road,” the source said.
He expressed concerns about a village called Balge on the highway which he claimed harboured suspected bandits
The source appealed to the government to deploy security outposts in the area to checkmate the activities of the criminals
“There is a village when you pass that Kwaren Kirya called Balge, about 80% of settlers in that village are bandits,” the source added.
“There was a time they were chased out of the place but a majority of the people there were bandits. We just need government to help us and station military around the area.”
Police authorities in the state had yet to comment on the latest incident as of press time.
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