Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen on Wednesday attacked
travelers on the Abuja-Keffi Expressway, carting away mobile phones and money
from their victims.
The robbery took place at about 10am on the Expressway close
to a village called Barde, after Gidan Waya in Kaduna State, a few kilometres
from Jos, Plateau state capital.
The robbers numbering about ten, with five of them wielding
dangerous weapons, including guns and machetes, came from the bush, stopped
vehicles and ordered passengers to lie face down.
A Punch correspondent, who was in a vehicle a few distance
away, saw market women and others frisked at gunpoint.
The incident reportedly took place between two police
checkpoints.
The robbers fled into the bush after 30 minutes of
successful operation, when they sighted some soldiers from Keffi in Nasarawa
state.
Some of the victims claimed the robbers were Fulani judging
by the language they spoke.
A woman on a business trip to Jos for her boss wept
uncontrollably, having lost a huge amount of money.
By Wale Odunsi
