A team of bandits armed with sophisticated weapons on Saturday night attacked the Magamar Jibia border axis in the Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State and killed two passengers while three others were kidnapped.
An eyewitness (name withheld) told newsmen on Sunday that the bandits attacked the border community yesterday at about 9:15 pm.
He narrated that before a joint police and military personnel repelled them, the hoodlums already stopped two vehicles along the major road, killed two passengers, and kidnapped three others.
“Before the police and soldiers fought them off, they stopped two vehicles, killed two passengers and kidnapped three. This is the picture of one of the victims,” the source said.
It was gathered that despite the reduction rate of bandits’ activities in the state, the Jibia axis is still vulnerable amidst dozens of security checkpoints mounted on the road to check the movements of persons, particularly the smuggled items.