An attack on Friday night in Mangu, Plateau State, has claimed the lives of at least 12 travelers from the Basawa community in Zaria, Kaduna State.
Eleven others sustained injuries and are currently receiving treatment in a hospital. The group of 31 men, women, and children were traveling in an 18-seater bus belonging to Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, to attend a wedding ceremony in Qua’an Pan LGA.
The assailants attacked the bus around 8 pm, resulting in the deaths and injuries.
The corpses have been deposited at Mangu General Hospital, while the injured are receiving medical attention.
The Chief Imam of Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’a Wa’ikamatis Sunnah, Sheikh Suleiman Haruna, confirmed the incident to journalists.
“There were 31 travellers in the bus. Now we have 8 corpses in the hospitals. We have asked the security personnel to help recover the remaining four bodies. We were together with the chairman of Mangu LGA, and he has been up and doing on the matter, “ the Chief Imam said.
Ibrahim Umar, one of the survivors, narrated that, “We were heading to Qua’an Pan to attend a wedding ceremony of our brother when we missed the road because we didn’t know it. We stopped and asked some people for directions, but before we knew it, they surrounded the vehicle, shouting that we should be killed.
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