Gunmen on Monday morning killed seven travellers and their driver on the Takum-Wukari road in Taraba State.
Kpakpando learnt that the gunmen, suspected to be bandits, armed with AK 47 rifles, attacked the passengers going to Wukari from Takum town.
A Takum resident, who saw the body of the victims and the bullet-ridden vehicle, told Newsmen that the incident happened between Chanchangi town in Takum Local Government Area and Saa’yi village in Benue State.
According to the source who asked not to be named for security reasons, the gunmen opened fire on the vehicle carrying the passengers and killed all of them, including the driver identified as Kabiru, on the spot.
He said the gunmen did not remove anything from the vehicle, adding that they were suspected to be terrorists operating from a forest in Benue State