At least eight traders were killed while several others were injured when a group of terrorists attacked a convoy of vehicles conveying traders to a local market in Katsina State, north-west Nigeria.
The traders were going to Yantumaki weekly market in Danmusa Local Government Area when the terrorists opened fire on them Friday morning.
Eight of the traders died instantly while the wounded ones are receiving medical attention at a local hospital, the chairman of the drivers union in the area, Kabiru Dangaye, told PREMIUM TIMES.
Many federal, state and local highways in the North-west have become death traps as terrorists waylay travellers especially in Zamfara, Katsina and Sokoto states.
In many local communities in the sub-region, motorists now drive in a convoy, sometimes with military or police escort, to avoid being attacked.
“Our drivers waited for hours as usual for other drivers and traders to come from neighbouring communities before they began the…