Breaking! 30 Travellers Kidnapped By Gunmen In Niger State

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No fewer than 30 passengers have been reportedly kidnapped by gunmen suspected to be bandits at Garun-Gabas in Rafi Local Government Council of Niger State on Wednesday.

The victims kidnapped along Zungeru-Garin-Gabas highway on three separate vehicles were traveling in an 18-seater bus and two other vehicles when they ran into the gunmen.

According to an eyewitness, the bandits were said to have blocked the road, while shooting sporadically into the air to scare villagers who scampered to various directions before whisking the passengers away.

“After kidnapping the travellers the bandits in large numbers ran into the Kundu forest in Rafi to rustle cattles,” a source reportedly revealed.

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