Bandit abducted about Fifty travellers along Sokoto-Gusau road on Sunday July 25
An eyewitnesses disclosed that most of those abducted boarded buses belonging to the State Transport Authority, simple known as SPORA.
The General Manager of the Sokoto Mass Transit Yahuza Chika mention to Journalists that only one of their buses was involved, while other vehicles involved did not belong to them.
Chika added that two people from the bus escaped while the other passengers were taken by the bandits. He did not give the number of those kidnapped from his organisation’s bus.
A Motorist from Talata Mafara going to Sokoto, Abubakar Umar told Premium Times that more than 50 people were kidnapped during the operation that lasted more than thirty minutes.
Marafa said; “I was driving when I started hearing gunshots. I had to stop immediately after Lambar Bakura and other motorists stopped too,the road was cleared, we drove to the spot and they were many empty vehicles parked. I counted three empty SPORA vehicles.”
Another Motorist Mustapha Isa, wondering why the incident persist said, “From Tureta to Lambar Bakura, you can count more than ten security checkpoints that include Police, Immigration and Soldiers, how could bandits be terrorising same place every day?”
He said the kidnappers struck few minutes after he drove past the spot.
“I left about 11 in the morning and I started getting calls to confirm whether I’ve left the spot because bandits have started attacking people. It’s scary.”
Also buttressing the report, Ahmad Madunaka, a school teacher in Sokoto said that “commuters in the first three vehicles were completely kidnapped and those included the SPORA vehicle.”