Some suspected Gunmen believed to be members of Boko Haram has on Thursday ambushed vehicles plying along the Maiduguri-Damaturu highway and abducted seven travellers.
The escaped passenger who speak with Premium Times said that the insurgents, driving in two Hilux vehicles, ambushed two vehicles, a Volkswagen golf and a Toyota Hiace Mass Transit bus belong to the Adamawa Sunshine Transport Company. They took seven passengers from the vehicles.
According to the report, the were all armed to teeth, some of the armed men dressed in a military uniform.
The eyewitness, who asked not to be named, said the attack took place a few kilometres from Auno village. Auno is an agrarian community about 20km from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
“They came in two Hilux jeeps; and as we were driving towards Auno, after Jakana village, they stormed the highway and stopped a Volkswagen golf car that was ahead and forced every person, including the driver out,” the source said.
“While this was happening, a 19-seater Toyota Hiace bus of the Adamawa Sunshine Toyota ran into the scene and could not escape the gunmen. So they forced two passengers on the bus to come down and then took all of them away in their vehicle.
“While this was happening, our driver quickly reversed back and made a u-turn to Jakana where we joined other vehicles there.
“We spent about two hours and 30 minutes in Jakana until we saw a reticulated truck coming from the direction of Maiduguri. After gauging the risk, all the vehicles that stopped at Jakana decided to summon the courage to proceed carefully until we got to the scene of the attack.
“At the spot, we met the golf car abandoned in the middle of the road with all the doors left open. When we got to Auno, we saw the driver of Adamawa Sunshine being questioned by soldiers. He then told our driver that two of his passengers have been taken away.”
The source said the spot where the Boko Haram attacked was not far from a military checkpoint.
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