Women Stripped N*ked; .. Gunmen Abduct 44 Passengers

A total number of 44 passengers have been abducted by gunmen along the Birnin-Gwari-Kaduna highway in Kaduna state.

The town of Birnin-Gwari has been under series of attacks by bandits and armed robbers in recent weeks.

Eyewitness account said the victims were kidnapped on Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning.

The female victims were said to have been stripped before being taken inside the bush.

Tuesday’s incident sources said involved a Sharon bus with 17 passengers and six other people in a trailer and a tanker were abducted on the highway.

Also on Wednesday morning, 21 people traveling in three Golf vehicles from Birnin-Gwari to Kano were abducted.

Danladi Duniya, chairman of the taxi section of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Birnin Gwari, confirmed the development to journalists on Wednesday.

He said villagers had seen clothes belonging to female passengers in the cars at the scene of for abduction.

“They probably stripped the women among them of their clothes before taking them away but up till now nobody has contacted us,” he said.

The Kaduna state police command is yet to confirm the incident.