By Ibrahim Wuyo
Bandits kidnapped a corpse and about 15 peasants in Kaduna State, along the dreaded Kaduna-Birnin Gwari Road on Wednesday, with one killed.
The victims, who were on their way to the burial of Malam Yahuza mai Hula, mainly family members, ran into the bandits who laid siege on the notorious Birnin-Gwari Road that connects Kaduna and Niger states.
The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, in Kaduna State, ASP Muhammad Jalige, told journalists that the Command was yet to be briefed on the incident by the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, in charge of the area where the bandits struck.
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According to a source, “three members of the same family and sympathisers were traveling to Birnin-Gwari in Kaduna State for a burial when bandits from the bushes appeared from the bushes.
“The bandits, who rode on bikes, had earlier besieged Unguwan Yaku. It was there that a woman and her children were…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
