HUNDREDS OF MOTORISTS UNACCOUNTED FOR AS KIDNAPPERS BLOCK KADUNA-ABUJA HIGHWAY
The Kaduna-Abuja Expressway on Monday afternoon was blocked by bandits, forcing several motorists to abandon their vehicles and head for nearby bushes to avoid being abducted.
The development has left many motorists and passengers unaccounted for, just as their belongings were stolen by the kidnappers.
A Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria who narrowly escaped the attack reports that the incident happened a few kilometres to Katari village in Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State at about 3.30pm.
NAN also reports that hundreds of motorists traveling from Kaduna to Abuja, as well as those going the other way, found themselves stranded for more than 40 minutes as both lanes of the expressway were blocked by cars hastily abandoned by their owners.
Correspondent gathered that the bandits left the scene of the incident and moved into the bush with some of their victims before the arrival of some security men, who later cleared the road for the motorists to continue on their journeys.
NAN reliably gathered that some bandits also operated on the same highway on Sunday, April 28, 2019.
(NAN)