Police confirm abduction of travellers on Zamfara Highway

Zamfara State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of an unspecified number of travellers on the Zamfara Highway.

Suspected bandits reportedly laid siege on the Zamfara Highway, abducting an unspecified number of travellers.

The terrorists on Thursday took over the ever-busy Gusau – Funtua highway, along the Kaduna- Birnin Gwari Road on Thursday.

The spokesperson of Zamfara Police Command, ASP Yazid Abubakar, said operatives of the Nigerian Police Mobile Squad have been deployed to the affected areas to clear the road.

One of the road users, Yusuf Tsafe, who is still stranded informed Channels TV that the terrorists invaded the highway in the early hours of Thursday and mounted a roadblock around the Tazame axis.

Tsafe added that the bandits had no fewer than 50 motorcycles in their entourage, with each one of them carrying three persons.

“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,” he was quoted as saying.

“The military gun truck 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.”

Another road user said that the Magazu – Kucheri Road which is also the road linking Gusau to Funtua was taken over by bandits on Thursday morning.

“The military men asked us to stop because the bandits blocked the road, we are still waiting for them to clear the road,” the source said.