MOTORISTS LEFT STRANDED AS BANDITS BLOCK GUSAU-MAFARA HIGHWAY IN ZAMFARA
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Armed gunmen barricaded the heavily travelled Gusau-Sokoto Road in Zamfara State on Wednesday night with the goal of attacking drivers, leaving drivers trapped.
Motorists were forced to spend the night in the bush by the bandits, who, at around 7 p.m., blocked the road between the Kukah Mai Rahu settlement and Mayanchi town.
Travellers were urged not to continue their journey by the Operation Hadarin Daji forces stationed in the region, since they were afraid of being kidnapped by bandits.
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One of the stranded commuters, Ibrahim Abubakar, told Journalists that he was returning from Sokoto when he met the blockade by the military at Kwanga-Taama village, asking them not to continue with the journey.
“After we passed Talata-Mafara about 6:30pm, I noticed there were no vehicles coming and it’s very unusual because of how busy the road used to be. When we get to Kwanga-Taama village after Kukah Mai Rahu, the military who camped in the village, asked us not to proceed because bandits have blocked the road,” Abubakar said.
He added that “we left the military checkpoint this (Thursday) morning around 7am when the troops had proceeded to clear the road.”
“One of the military officers said the bandits came on 10 motorcycles with two persons on each bike carrying sophisticated weapons.”
The source further stated that the soldiers informed them that the bandits had returned on a mission of retaliation after the army had neutralised five of them a few days prior.
Formerly one of Zamfara State’s safest routes, the Gusau-Talata-Mafara Road has seen isolated incidents of kidnappings and attacks in recent years.
Drivers pleaded with the authorities to place more security guards along the highway, even though there were no reports of abductions during the blockade.
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