Bandits kidnap over 70 Kano-bound traders, others in Kaduna
*9 worshippers abducted in Enugu *Gunmen attack Katsina villages, kill 7, kidnap others NO fewer than 70 traders travelling to Kano were reportedly abducted, yesterday, along the dreaded Birnin Gwari-Kaduna road. This came as nine persons, including six women, two men and a baby were allegedly kidnapped along Okpokwu Agamede in Eha-Amufu, Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of Enugu State, Monday evening. Meanwhile, armed men, Tuesday night, attacked two villages in Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State, killing seven persons while some residents were kidnapped. In the Kaduna attack, journalists were told that the traders’ convoy was attacked by bandits in the morning, who later took them into the forests. An eyewitness, Malam Umaru, said the traders were travelling in a convoy of over 20 vehicles with police escort. According to him, the bandits struck at a bend near Udawa after Buruku, abducting no fewer than 70 traders from Umaru’s community and scores of o...