Suspected Bandits Kill Nine Including Three Children Traveling Along Kaduna Highway

Nine travelers made up of three children have been gunned down by gunmen in Zankoro Village al ong Birnin Gwari-Kaduna highway on Sunday.

According to reports, the victims were attending a wedding ceremony at Doka Town in Birnin Gwari LGA of the state when they came under attack by the suspect bandits.

Barrister Salisu Haruna, the Chairman of Birnin-Gwari Progressives Union (BEPU) affirmed the incident on January 4, saying the bandits mounted roadblocks at Zankoro about 9:am and begun shooting haphazardly. According to Haruna, they also kidnapped an unknown number of people.

The statement reads;

“The New Year 2021 has begun in sorrow and tears for the people of Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State,”

“On Sunday, 3rd January, 2021, bandits laid siege on innocent travellers at Zankoro, along dreaded Birnin-Gwari-Kaduna Highway, killing nine people (including three infants) that were on their way for a ceremony at Doka, Birnin-Gwari LGA.

“Similarly, the bandits came out today, Monday, January 4, 2021 at the same Zankoro around 9am, shooting indiscriminately and abducting unspecified number of people and wounding six others that are now receiving treatment at Buruku.

“In the last two weeks, bandits terrorising the people of Birnin Gwari, especially those travelling along Birnin Gwari-Funtua and Birnin Gwari-Kaduna highways have become intensely aggressive as they continue to kill and abduct innocent citizens unabated.

“There are more than 40 abductees currently at the mercy of the bandits who were kidnapped between December 20, 2020 and Monday January 4, 2021; some of them have been reported 

“A total of nine innocent travellers were killed at Zankoro along Birnin Gwari-Kaduna highway on Sunday, January 3, 2021. A total of 11 people were kidnapped at Dan Kungi village on Sunday January 3, 20

“EPU, therefore, calls on the government to deploy immediate response squad to mount offensive operations along Birnin Gwari, Kaduna and Birnin Gwari-Funtua highways.”

Source; Ghgossip.com