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By Correspondent in Minna
With the kidnap and release of 27 students of Government Science College Kagara and other persons in Niger state from the bandits still fresh in mind, no fewer than 50 passengers were said to have again been abducted by suspected bandits in the state on Tuesday evening.
The Reporters gathered from reliable sources that the event took place on Tegina – Minna road in Rafi Local Government Area of the state.
The online publication further gathered that the latest attack from the same axis is also coming less than a week after the release of abducted passengers traveling with the NSTA traveling within the state.
The bandits, according to local sources, blocked the road along Kundu village, few kilometers from Zungeru town in Wushishi Local Government Area, when the commercial vehicles carrying nine passengers rammed into the road block mounted by them.
The passengers, who were traveling in three vehicles were said to have been abducted and taken to unknown destination through nearby bush path while their vehicles were abandoned by the road side.
A senior government official,who did not want his names made public because he was not authorized to speak on the matter, told our correspondent that so far, nothing had been heard from the bandits to enable the state government know the identities of those kidnapped.
Also in Shiroro Local Governent, one person was killed and several others missing when bandits raided Manta town in the Shiroro local government on Monday night.
The bandits who shot sporadically into the air to scare away intruders were said to have also ransacked the houses of their victims stealing foodstuff and other valuables.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the Police Command in the state, ASP.Wasiu Abiodun, could not confirm the attacks as at the time of filing this report.
The Reporters recalls that it took the effort by a popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, the state government and other stakeholders to get the students of Government Science College, Kagara, three of their teachers and other victims released from the bandit’s captivity, barely a week ago.
