BREAKING: Gun-wielding bandits on Friday Kidnap scores of travellers along Kachia Road in Kaduna State, in a broad daylight operation.
Bandits Kidnap Dozens Of Travellers Along Kaduna–Kachia Road The victims were taken away from the vehicles they boarded and escorted at gunpoint into the forests. Photographs shows several empty vehicles by the roadside as other motorists who got to the scene wondered and expressed shock at the whereabouts of the victims. Kaduna has in recent months become synonymous with kidnappings, ranging from abductions of school students to villagers and motorists. The security agencies have also not been spared in the onslaughts. We had on Tuesday reported how gunmen suspected to be bandits invaded the military barracks of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, Kaduna State, and taken away a herd of cattle in the early hours of Thursday. The incident happened around 2:00 am as the gunmen arrived at the barracks and started shooting sporadically in the air to cause panic in the Army community. Though the exact number of the cattle stolen could not be determined, an eyewitness had told