Terrorists back on Kaduna-Abuja highway, abduct scores, burn three trailers

Terrorists attacked travellers on the Abuja–Kaduna highway on Friday night.

They abducted unspecified number of people, injured many others and burnt down three trailers.

The incident occurred at a place between the Akilbu and Polwya villages along the Kaduna- Abuja Expressway in the Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

It was gathered that the terrorists blocked the road and operated for almost two hours.

A source who is a resident of the area said, “It has been long since have heard of kidnapping along this route until yesterday’s night.

“The terrorists operated for almost two hours and shot indiscriminately, which threw most families members in the villages into panic.

“The military also responded, which cut short the terrorists’ operations. For now nobody knows the number of people kidnapped,” the source added.

The Kaduna State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan did not respond to calls and text message sent to him.