The incident happened when the bandits intercepted three vehicles conveying the women on their way to Birnin Gwari.
It was gathered that among the victims were nursing mothers and a woman with her five daughters.
A community leader, Muhammed Umar, told a national paper that the women were all from Udawa town in Chikun Local Government Area.
“All the 13 women, majority housewives, were from Udawa on their way to Birnin Gwari to attend a wedding.
“Some of the women are from the same family, like Zainab Abu Jibril the senior wife of Malam Jibril Ibrahim and her five daughters were all abducted alongside others from other families with their infants,” he said.
According to him, if not for the quick response of soldiers, the bandits would have abducted more travellers on the way because they blocked the road, picking their victims.