Gunmen on Wednesday abducted 30 passengers at Garin Gabas in Rafi local government area of Niger state.
ChannelsTV reports that the passengers were in three separate vehicles, including an 18-seater bus and two other vehicles, when the bandits in large number, stormed Zungeru-Garin Gabas highway shooting sporadically to scare villagers before kidnapping the passengers.
A source from the community who spoke in Hausa through a phone conversation said that the bandits have now advanced to Kundu forest in Rafi local government council area to rustle some cattle.
The spokesperson of Niger state police command, DSP Wasiu Abiodun promised to confirm and get back.