Heavily armed bandits on Monday night took over the Kaduna-Zaria highway, killing scores of travellers while abducting many others.
It was gathered that the deadly attack occurred at Kofar Gayan on the outskirt of Zaria around 8pm on Monday, with the bandits shooting sporadically at vehicles in order to immobilize them and abduct the passengers.
Eyewitnesses said the attackers succeeded in abducting many travellers and took them into the bush before the arrival of security agents.
“They kidnapped many travellers, some fled, while others were shot at. It will be difficult to determine the number of those killed or abducted,” a witness was quoted as saying.
“The terrorists were many and fully armed. They were shooting as if in a war situation. It was scary. I can tell you that they may have killed over 10 passengers and they also kidnapped many other people.
“They had a field day operating for many hours before security operatives came but the damage had been done by then,” a passenger who managed to escape the carnage also narrated.
One of the travellers killed by the bandits has been identified as Alhaji Sani Dogara.
