“Bandits Kill Two Travellers,others and Kidnap Zamfara Tax Commission Coordinators”.
Along the Funtua-Gusau Road, bandits have killed two travellers and kidnapped Alhaji Bashir Abara Gummi, the Zamfara State Coordinator of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), along with a number of other individuals.
According to information received, on Sunday, October 20, 2024, thebandits reportedly blocked the main Funtua-Gusau Road and attacked multiple vehicles, including the coordinator’s vehicle.
Commissionsources claim that when the event occurred, Alhaji Gummi was en route to Abuja for a formal assignment.
Before they abducted the coordinator and numerous other travellers, the robbers killed two people on the spot by shooting at some moving vehicles, according to a security source with knowledge of the situation.
“Unfortunately, the bandits blocked the road, and some cars were taken by the kidnappers.” They shot at the cars and kidnapped a number of passengers,” the insider told Daily Trust.
It was learnt that Alhaji Abubakar Dan Maliki, the Auditor General of Zamfara State, barely avoided the criminals when he managed to manoeuvre out of the area where the kidnapping occurred.
When he saw what was happening to other drivers, the Auditor General, who had arrived at the scene shortly after the robbers had forcibly stopped the first group of vehicles, swiftly turned around.
