BANDIT: Travelers Suppresses Kidnappers, Kill One, Seize 2 AK-47 Rifles.
Mustered up suffient bravado, a group of passengers and the family of a bride-to-be and thwarted a kidnapping attempt by killing a terrorist in Zamfara State.
It was reliably gathered that the incident occurred when the family of the bride-to-be and other travellers were waylaid by bandits along the Talata Mafara-Gusau highway.
According to the report, the bride’s family embarked on a journey to purchase clothing and other wedding materials in Kano. However, their joyful plans tasted harrowing experience when armed bandits targeted them.
An eyewitness, who preferred to speak in anonymity disclosed that the response was spontaneous once the bandits had selected their victims.
With efforts and strategies deployed by one of the bandits at the spot to escape, the brave passengers captured two AK-47 rifles.
While disclosing how the events unfolded, the eyewitness said: “A few kilometres away from the Fangal Tama checkpoint, the travellers heard gunshots echoing all around”.
‘’To their shock, they encountered two well-armed bandits on motorcycles, blocking the road and halting vehicles.”
“The bandits immediately ordered the young woman (the bride-to-be), her father, mother, and two other relatives to exit their car”.
‘’With guns pointed at them, the terrified family members were coerced to follow the bandits into the nearby forest”.
“Realising the grave danger they faced in forced abduction, the passengers decided to act swiftly. They rallied together and launched an attack on one of the two bandits”.
‘’In a fierce struggle, they managed to overpower him, resulting in his instant death. The other bandit, however, escaped, leaving behind his firearm”.
“The courageous group retrieved the two guns and emerged from the forest. They promptly handed the weapons over to the military at a nearby checkpoint.’’
Thenewskingdom further gathered that amidst the courageous effort of the group, one of the passengers suffered a sudden heart attack due to the traumatic experience and later died in hospital.
