At least 16 travellers have been killed by unknown gunmen on Wednesday along Abuja-Kaduna expressway on their way back to Kano from a business trip.
TGB gathered that the victims (all males) were from Dambatta local government.
A source in Dambatta council, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the victims died on Tuesday when gunmen shot the tyre of the vehicle (a bus) that was conveying them from Abuja back to Kano.
The source said the action of the gunmen resulted in the accident leading to the death of the persons.
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, on Thursday, confirmed the killing of the indigenes in a condolence message through his Chief Press Secretary, Abba Anwar to the families of the deceased.
The governor described the news of the incident as devastating and frustrating.
