2 die as robbers attack vehicle belonging to Sambo’s wife

 Gunmen, suspected to be robbers, on Sunday July 20, caused the death of two persons on the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway, when they attacked motorists and passengers plying the road.

PUNCH reports that one of the vehicles attacked was an official car belonging to a Non-Governmental Organisation, I- CARE Women and Children Initiative, owned by the wife of the Vice President, Namadi Sambo, Hajia Amina.

It was learnt that the robbers dispossessed passengers of their belongings and caused multiples accidents as vehicles plying the highway crashed into one another in their desperate bid to escape. The confusion led to the death of two commuters

The Kaduna State Police Public Relations Officer, Aminu Lawan, who confirmed the incident, attributed the multiple accidents to panic on the part of motorists, who attempted to escape to avoid being robbed.

One of the victims and Kaduna State Coordinator of NGO, Abdulrahman Mikailu, who spoke to PUNCH narrated the incident: “Two bullets shot by the bandits missed me narrowly when I tried to come out of my vehicle to put off the fire, not knowing that a robbery operation was going on. I had to duck and fall on the ground, pretending to be dead.

“The robbers, who were in military uniforms, thought I was dead, so they proceeded to my car and ordered my co-traveller to surrender all his money laptop, handsets and other personal belonging of both of us.

 “The fire had already increased as of the time of the attack; that is why the sympathisers could not put it off. I understand that they killed two passengers in a commercial vehicle and robbed several vehicles.

 “I am lucky to have survived with bruises and chest injury from the accident, but I lost my phones and other belongings.”