Less than three weeks after 40 Niger State Transport Authority (NSTA) passengers were kidnapped, gunmen have, again, abducted over 50 passengers along the Tegina-Minna road in the Rafi Local Government of Niger State.
Speaking, on Tuesday, in Minna, a source told journalists that the gunmen blocked the road at Kundu town, a few kilometres from Zungeru town.
According to reports, the passengers were in the three vehicles who were abducted and taken to an unknown destination while the vehicles were left by the roadside.
Similarly, armed bandits kidnapped unknown numbers of villagers at Gidigori town in Rafi Local Government Area burning five cars and carting away valuables.
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Confirming the incident, some senior Niger State Government officials, who preferred not to be mentioned, said nothing had been heard from the bandits to enable the authorities to know the identities of those kidnapped.
Meanwhile, the Niger State Police Command, had not issued a statement confirming the abductions as at time of filing this report.
