23 travellers burnt to death in bus attack in Sokoto

09 Dec 23 travellers burnt to death in bus attack in Sokoto

The Sokoto government says 23 persons died of injuries sustained from burns after bandits shot at a bus conveying travellers from Sokoto to Kaduna, according to a statement by Muhammad Bello, spokesman to Aminu Tambuwal, governor of Sokoto. The occupants of the vehicle were said to have been attacked on Monday in Gidan Bawa village in Isa LGA of Sokoto state.

While commiserating with the families of the victims, the state government added that strategies are being put in place to prevent a reoccurrence.