In Zamfara, armed robbers stopped the Gusau–Funtua route and abducted an unknown number of people.
The bandits broke onto the highway in the early hours of Thursday, September 12, and erected a barricade around the Tazame axis of the road, according to Yusuf Tsafe, a commuter who was left stranded nearby and spoke with Channels TV.
He said the bandits, numbering over a hundred, came riding on about 50 motorcycles, each carrying 3 persons. They then abducted an unspecified number of travellers.
He told Channels: “They entered the road around 7 am, and till around 9am, they were still there, we just parked by the roadside waiting for the military to clear the road, we are seeing the bandits taking people inside the bush.
“The military guntruck moved to the area earlier, we were just hearing gunshots, but they are yet to open the road. Till now, no vehicle has been allowed to pass.”
The spokesperson of the Zamfara State Police Command, ASP Yazid Abubakar, said additional troops have been deployed to the affected areas to clear the road.
