Bandits return to Abuja-Kaduna highway, kill driver, abduct two passengers

Bandits have shot dead a driv­er, identified as Danladi Jobe, and abducted two others along the Abuja-Kaduna high­way.

A resident of Jere, Yahuza Alhassan, said on the phone on Monday that the incident hap­pened at about 9:33 p.m. at Dogon-Fi­li, a few kilometres away from Jere town.

He said the deceased was returning from a neighbouring village market when the bandits suddenly emerged from the bush and opened fire on the car, killing the driver instantly.

Alhassan revealed that among those abducted was Shuaibu, a farmer, who was robbed of approximately N980,000 in cash before being taken away by the bandits. The total amount of cash taken was reported to be around N1 million.

He identified one of the victims whisked away as Shuai­bu, a farmer, adding that the ban­dits took away about N1 million cash from him.

“The bandits, after killing the driver, now went after the man, who is a farmer and dis­possessed him of N980,000 cash before they now whisked him away alongside one other per­son from the car into the bush,” he told Daily Independent.

It was also gathered that a similar incident occurred last week when suspected bandits opened fire on a commuter Hiace bus near Gadan-Malam along the same highway and whisked travellers on board into the bush.