Some suspected bandits had invaded Funtua-Gusau highway and fired shots at innocent passengers plying the road.
According to some eyewitnesses, the bandits blocked the road around 7:30am and started shooting at the passengers indiscriminately.
Scores of people have been wounded by gunshots, while unspecified number of other passengers have been abducted and taken to the bandit enclaves.
“The bandits shots at the vehicles on arrival around Magazu area of Funtua-Gusau highway and presently the injured victims are on admission at Tsafe General Hospital”.
The condition was terrible and vehicles have been put on traffic and before the arrival of the military, passengers had been panicking due to the fear of the unknown.
Meanwhile, on Friday evening, another sets of bandits blocked Funtua-Gusau road in between Tazame and Yandoton Daji village around 5:00pm and abducted scores of people.
This is different from dozens of other passengers that have been kidnapped and shot to dead by different group of people along the area.
Police could not be reached for comment as at the time of filing this report
