A convoy transporting a newlywed bride and her friends were waylaid along Gamji Road in Dandume Local Government Area of Katsina State on Thursday night.
A source said that no less than 30 women, were escorting the young bride to her husband’s residence in Ungwan Murjiya in Dandume LGA between 8:30 and 9:00pm when they were intercepted and kidnapped by the hoodlums.
The source revealed that the truck conductor was shot, and he is currently receiving medical treatment at Damari Hospital.
While that was going on, gunmen alleged to be from Siddi forest infiltrated Tashar Nadaya, near the Gazari district border in Sabuwa LGA.
They k!lled a commercial motorcycle rider and seized his motor bike.
They also opened fire on a group of four individuals, confiscating their motorcycles.
Chairman of Dandume Local Government Council, Alhaji Basiru Musa, confirmed the report.
While some unconfirmed reports suggest that a few of kidnapped women managed to escape, the chairman promised to verify and provide updates.
He explained that even if the women were from Dandume, the criminals intercepted them on their way from Sabuwa Local Government Area at about 9pm.
Sabuwa and Dandume are among the local government areas besieged and heavily tormented by bandits in Katsina State.
Despite the relentless efforts of the Katsina Security Watch Corps and other security forces, a day hardly goes by without a report of their nefarious activities.