16 Kano indigenes die along Kaduna-Abuja highway

No fewer than 16 indigenes of Dambatta local government area of Kano state, who were traveling along the Kaduna-Abuja highway, were feared killed by gunmen.

Sources revealed that the victims, who were all males, died when the gunmen shot the tyre of the bus conveying them from Abuja to Kano.

The Toyota bus conveying the travellers was said to have lost control in the process.

The Kano state government confirmed the death of the 16 indigenes of Danbatta in a statement on Thursday by Mr Abba Anwar, the chief press secretary to the governor.

In the statement, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje was displeased with the attack and condoled with the families of the victims.