Bandits have killed two people and kidnapped several others in an attack on some travellers in Zamfara State.
The attack was said to have occurred in the Jibia axis linking Katsina and Zamfara States.
The bandits, who sources said were up to 50, reportedly opened fire on moving vehicles, forcing them to stop.
A resident, Jamilu Gambo, whose father-in-law was killed during the attack, told newsmen on Tuesday that the dead have been buried and that all the other travelers were abducted by the bandits.
Gambo said, “They were going to Zurmi to do our business as usual when we came under attack by the bandits. They started firing shots on the convoy of the vehicle which forced them to stop.
“When they stopped. They started shouting at them to come out of the vehicles. It was then that my in-law, Alhaji Muntari Ziza and his son, Ibrahim, were found dead.”
He added that the bandits have not made any contact to demand ransom for the kidnapped victims.
