Bandits Abduct Travellers On Abuja -Kaduna Highway

Bandits have abducted unspecified numbers of travellers at Dogo -Fili near Kateri, along the Kaduna- Abuja highway.

Kateri is under Kachia LGA of Kaduna state. 

A resident of Kateri, Suleiman Dan Baba, said the incident happened around 7:33 pm when the bandits wielding AK-47 rifles emerged from the bush and blocked the two the lanes.

He said the bandits opened fire and defeated tyres of some vehicles, which he said forced drivers including commercial vehicles to stop.

He said the bandits forced travellers to alight from their vehicles at point, before moving them into the bush.

Another resident of Jere, Samaila Shehu, said the incident, which happened a distance of one kilometer away from Jere, in which he said over 30 travellers and abducted at the scene.

“I was at Mai Shayi joint to drink when I started hearing sporadic gun shot which is just one kilometer from Kateri to Dogon -Fili, when it was later discovered bandits were the ones that blocked the road,” he said.

Shehu, said it was quite unfortunate that despite the presence of soldiers and police men along the highway, bandits still blocked both lanes and whisked scores of travellers unchallenged.

A former senator from Kaduna, Senator Shehu Sani, in his twitter handle also confirmed the abduction of scores of travellers on Sunday, at Kateri along the Kaduna -Abuja highway.

Sani, said two of his honorable friends from both opposition and ruling parties who were retuning to Abuja, from Kaduna narrowly escaped during the bandits attack.

“Just when we felt safer, yesternight kidnappers returned to the Kaduna Abuja road.They blocked the road abducted some scores of persons around 9pm near Kateri village.Two of my  Honorable friends from both the ruling and opposition parties had to run through the bush like Usain Bolt.But despite this incidence,there is stronger security presence along the route than it used to be in the past, Sani said in his twitter handle.

The bandits, who divided themselves into two groups, invaded Bishini and Kokore communities located along Abuja -Kaduna highway and also whisked away 23 villagers.

There was no official response from the spokesman of the Kaduna state police command over the latest kidnap incident as at the time of filling the report.