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12.09.2024 Featured ‘We Watched Terrorists Take Abductees Into Bush’ — Stranded Zamfara Travellers

Published 12th Sep, 2024

By Daniel Ojukwu

Terrorists, on Thursday morning, abducted an unspecified number of commuters along the Gusau-Funtua highway that connects Zamfara and Katsina states.

The terrorists mounted a roadblock along the Tazame axis in Zamfara and rode on motorcycles to stop vehicles from crossing, commuters told Channels Television.

They arrived on 50 motorcycles, each conveying three persons.

“They entered the road around 7 am, and till around 9 am, they were still there. We just parked by the roadside waiting for the military to clear the road, we were seeing the bandits taking people inside the bush,” Yusuf Tsafe, a traveller, narrated.

READ ALSO: In One Week, Bandits Kill ‘Over 70 Farmers’ in 2 Katsina Villages

“The military guntruck 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.”

Terrorists have regularly attacked Zamfara in recent years, making it one of the top three most terrorised states in Nigeria.

In 2022, some terrorists imposed a N5 million levy on residents of Tazame Community in Bungudu LGA. They paid this levy so they could have access to their farmlands.

Two years on, residents continue to live in fear of terrorists striking at will.

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Published 12th Sep, 2024

By Daniel Ojukwu

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