Bandits have blocked Gusau – Tsafe highway and killed four people during attacks on Karazau and Gidan Kaura Sunday evening.
Sources told 21st CENTURY CHRONICLE that the bandits blocked the road to avoid motorists from informing security agents in Gusau, the state capital.
The villages attacked are close to the Federal University Gusau.
Bashir Isa Gusau said the bandits kept some cars on the road, forcing motorists to stop.
“I was on the road to Gusau this evening when we were told to stop because bandits have blocked the road. We waited for some minutes before some motorists came from the Gusau end and said bandits have opened the road but they were still in Karazau village,” he said.
Abu Bala, a native of Tsafe but living and working in Gusau, said the bandits had left when he reached the place.
“But they were a lot of people and motorists there. When I asked, they said the bandits were in the village operating,” he said.
A source at the Yariman Bakura Specialist Hospital in Gusau confirmed that two corpses have been deposited at the hospital, adding that they were still waiting for more.
The police spokesman in the state, Mohammed Shehu didn’t respond to calls and SMS sent to him on the issue.
