Posted by Amarachi on Tue 13th Aug, 2024 - tori.ng
Eyewitness accounts revealed that during the first attack, the bandits blocked the busy highway, opened fire at four moving vehicles and their drivers lost control and ran into the bush.
Two drivers have been killed while scores of passengers were kidnapped by bandits in two separate attacks in Magazu village, Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
The bandits first attacked four moving vehicles around 5:15pm, on Monday, August 12, 2024, killing a truck driver and abducting scores of passengers.
They returned to the same spot around 6:30pm and attacked a commercial Volkswagen Gulf and abducted passengers on board.
Eyewitness accounts revealed that during the first attack, the bandits blocked the busy highway, opened fire at four moving vehicles and their drivers lost control and ran into the bush.
Daily Trust gathered that banditry attacks have returned along Funtua-Gusau Road, according to some residents in Magazu and Tsafe
The State Police Commissioner, CP Muhammad Shehu Dalijan confirmed only the attack on the truck driver.
“I only heard about the attack on the truck driver. For the other attacks, I don’t have any information for now,” he said.