Dare-devil armed kidnappers and robbers numbering about 10 on Sunday, attacked travellers on Abuja-Kaduna expressway, killing and abducting some.
The attack was said to have taken place around the Gidan Busa village, located between Jere and Kateri along the expressway.
Eye witnesses who stood at a distance watching out events, narrated how civilians, including at an army officer, his daughter and a policeman, were killed by the gunmen.
“There is an army officer travelling with his orderly and daughter. The orderly escaped with gunshot but they killed the army officer and his daughter on the spot,” Haruna Isa, a VW Golf driver who survived the attack told a reporters at the scene.
“There is another person they killed after identifying that he was a policeman. Several other passengers were killed, while many were abducted.”
Witnesses said the security officers refused to engage the kidnappers on the premise that “they were waiting for reinforcement”.
Austin Iwar, the Kaduna State Commissioner of Police, told Daily Nigerian on phone, that officers responded promptly immediately they got wind of what what happening.
“All I can say is that a shooting incident was just reported to us around Kateri area, and our men responded to it immediately.
“I am now awaiting the situation report to know the cause of the shooting incident and take appropriate measures,” he said.
