Terror bandits have regrouped again in their nightmare activities, blocking the Abuja-Kaduna expressway on Sunday, kidnapping travellers.
One of the travellers who escaped the abduction said the bandits blocked the expressway at Katari village at about 2 pm and operated for more than an hour.
Katari village is one of the most notorious havens of kidnappers along Abuja Kaduna highway.
The activities of kidnapping on the highway had reduced in recent times since after the attack and abduction of the Emir Hassan Atto of Bungudu in Zamfara State on September 14, 2021 where a Police officer was killed and other people sustained injury.
Mr Atto, who was a former Secretary to the Government of Zamfara State, regained freedom in October after spending 32 days in the kidnapper’s den.
Another traveller stated: “We had to turn back when we heard the shooting of guns and parked some kilometres away from the scene. After two hours when we saw other vehicles coming from the other side, we continued our journey
“Many travellers must have been kidnapped or escaped into the bush as we saw at least fifteen cars parked and empty when we passed the scene of the attack,”
Spokesperson of Kaduna State Police Command, Mohammed Jalige, could not be reached by phone as calls and text messages could not deliver.
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