About 50 wedding guests have been reportedly abducted by gunmen, following an attack on vehicles along Sokoto-Gusau Road.
The Premium Times also reports that the victims were returning from a wedding in Tambuwal Local Government Area (LGA) of Sokoto State ,on Saturday evening, when the gunmen attacked their vehicles.
The gunmen were said to have attacked a coaster bus and one other vehicle conveying the wedding guests as well as two private vehicles.
A passenger who escaped from the assailants’ raid, Lawal Ja’o, said the attack occurred around Dogon Awo, in Tureta LGA.
Ja’o said, “We started hearing the sounds of gunshots before the first vehicle was hit as over 50 people were whisked away.
“We kept hearing the voices and screams of our colleagues and friends but there was nothing we could do. After we heard the arrival of security men, we came out of the bush and identified ourselves.”
Another passenger, Jabiru Shehu, told Premium Times that over 50 persons were abducted.
He said, “We met four empty vehicles with some belongings including a phone and some travelling bags. We were there when some policemen from Tureta arrived at the scene.
“From what I heard, there were more than 50 people with the bandits because we were there also when some of the travellers who ran into the bush returned to the main road.”
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Sokoto State Command, Sanusi Abubakar, said that the command is yet to receive information over the abductions.
