Bandits unleash terror, abduct 6 travellers, set automobiles on fireplace

No fewer than six passengers have been kidnapped as Armed bandits attacked travellers on the Shinkafi highway close to Kwanar Jalaf village beneath the Shinkafi Local Government Area of Zamfara State.

The incident occurred Monday morning when the assailants kidnapped six passengers travelling in a Golf automobile and set the automobile ablaze, additional heightening fears amongst residents and commuters within the space.

The assault comes barely every week after infamous bandit chief Bello Turji issued threats to unleash violence on harmless residents in Shinkafi and Zurmi communities in Zamfara state, in addition to Isah and different native communities in Sokoto state within the New Year 2025.

Residents of the world instructed journalists that the armed males blocked the highway, forcing the automobile to cease earlier than finishing up the abductions and torching the automobile.

“Six travellers were abducted and their vehicle was set ablaze, we don’t know if it was Turji group because he had threatened residents of Shinkafi and other local communities around.” A resident who pleaded anonymity for safety causes.

Residents of Shinkafi and different areas threatened by the terrorist kingpin have expressed rising considerations over the risk and are calling on the federal government to take decisive motion in opposition to the escalating actions of bandit teams within the area.

Efforts to achieve the spokesperson of the Zamfara State Police Command, ASP Yazid Abubakar for additional particulars have thus far been unsuccessful.