BANDITS ATTACK GUSAU-FUNTUA ROAD, KILLS HOUSE WIFE AND ABDUCT PASSNGERS OF TEN VEHICLES

Suspected bandits blocked the popular Funtua-Gusau highway and abducted many passengers who were travelling to their various destinations.
 
A female passenger who spoke to BBC Hausa service said, they have left Jibia and arrived Funtua between 4:00pm to 6:00pm and immediately after reaching Kucheri the bandits opened fire on their vehicle.
 
“When the driver realised that the bandits are on rampage, he attempted to turn back but they fired at on their vehicle, the bullet which was fired at our vehicle brushed my ear and hit my other colleague on the head, and the broken wind screen hits one of my eyes”.
 
“the driver succeeded in turning back to Wanzamai where he sought for help and the residents of Wanzamai town brought another vehicle and conveyed us to Yankara Hospital where we were treated.”
 
“Initially we thought the bullet hits my late friend on the back but later we realised that, it was on the head, before they finished dressing me the other woman died later” she added.
 

She added that after the driver turned back he tried to stop their own driver but because it was in the night he did not realised that, there was a problem.
 

“They have stopped over ten vehicles and abducted all the passengers in the vehicles”.
 
“we slept in Yankara but the remaining passengers slept at Wanzamai village”.
 
Murtala Aminu the husband to the woman who was shot dead said he spoke with his wife around 6:30pm and she told him they have left Yankara  and he wished them safe journey.
 
He said later around 8:00pm while he was together with his step mother  when one of his friend asked him to try the telephone number of his wife and he said with that impression he concluded that is no more.
 
“immediately I heard that, I surrendered that she has been killed”.
 
“My father and one of his friend however, called to appeal to me that I should take solace hence my wife is no more and I told them I knew since she was shot at the back she might have died.
 
He said he wanted to follow those who were to go to Yankara to pick the dead body of his wife but he was prevented in order to avoid him becoming more scared.
 
He said she was later brought home and buried according to Islamic rite.