{"id":97300,"date":"2022-07-25T10:04:25","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T09:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=97300"},"modified":"2022-07-25T10:04:25","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T09:04:25","slug":"bandits-kill-bus-driver-kidnap-scores-of-passengers-in-katsina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/bandits-kill-bus-driver-kidnap-scores-of-passengers-in-katsina\/","title":{"rendered":"Bandits kill bus driver, kidnap scores of passengers in Katsina"},"content":{"rendered":"
Bandits, on Sunday, killed a driver with the Katsina State Transport Authority (KTSTA), Nasiru Yusha\u2019u, after the victim\u2019s vehicle ran into gunmen on the Katsina-Jibia road.<\/p>\n

The terrorists are said to have kidnapped Yushau\u2019s passengers after killing him.<\/p>\n

A resident of Daddara village near the scene of the incident told newsmen, that the terrorists attacked the vehicle about twelve noon on Sunday.<\/p>\n

It was gathered that Yusha\u2019u saw the gunmen and attempted to turn around.<\/p><\/div>\n

\nHowever, the terrorists caught up with him and shot him fatally.<\/div>\n
\nAfter killing the driver on the spot, the terrorists who were operating on motorcycles abducted scores of passengers.<\/p>\n

Some witness said that the thirty-two seater bus loaded with mostly traders was on its way from Jibia Market to Katsina when the terrorists opened fire on them.<\/p>\n

But the General Manager (GM) of the Katsina State Transport Authority, Haruna Musa Rugoji who confirmed the incident noted that the deceased conveyed the passengers he took from Katsina to Jibia.<\/p>\n

Then, from Jibia also, he took passengers to Katsina and it was on the return trip that the incident took place at Farun Bala.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe driver was trying to turn the vehicle with the passengers when he saw the four bandits crossing the road at that particular community. They shot him dead. May be they thought that he would go back and give information.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was no kidnapping intention by the bandits because they didn\u2019t kidnap anybody. They only shot the driver and collected cash and some phones from the passengers. It wasn\u2019t a target.<\/p>\n

\u201cI went to the scene and I was among those that took the corpse from the scene to General Hospital Katsina now to Musawa, the hometown of the deceased, for burial,\u201d the GM disclosed.<\/p>\n

As of the time of filing this report, the State Police Command had not confirmed the incident and all attempts to reach the spokesperson of the command proved abortive.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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