Bandits armed with AK-47 rifles opened fire on their car along the Jibia-Batsari route in Katsina State, killing two people presumed to be a driver and his helper.
The event occurred near Sola in Jibia Local Government Area of the State, just before reaching Batsari Local Government Area of the State.
The vehicle was said to be on its way from the Yar-Kasuwa Furniture Market in Katsina’s urban region to carry the loaded commodities, largely furniture, to communities in the Jibia and Batsari local government areas.
According to an eyewitness, the event occurred in the late hours of Tuesday night after the bandits blocked the road, intercepting the van transporting furnishings for three different brides.
According to the eyewitness, the hoodlums did not also waste time in setting the vehicle including the property such as beds, cushions, and four mattresses ablaze.
He added that the hoodlums did not however allow the driver and his assistant to come out of the vehicle which in effect, rendered them dead owing to severe heat.
“After the bandits left the scene, the body of the deceased driver, identified as Babangida Garba Turaki, was laid to rest on Wednesday whereas the remains of his assistant, identified as Auwal Malle couldn’t be retrieved in one place due to the degree of heat which rendered the body into ashes,” he explained.