The Niger police command has confirmed the abduction of 13 travelers by gunmen at Konar Barau village in Rafi LGA of the state.

Niger commissioner of police, Monday Kuryas in an interview in Minna, the state capital said that one Mubarak Idris of Kwanawa village, Sokoto state, reported the matter to the police, was the driver of the bus conveying 18 passengers from Yauri in Kebbi state, when the incident occurred.

The travelers, mostly fishermen, were said to be on their way to Yenagoa in Bayelsa state, when they were attacked.

According to IDRIS, on getting to a sharp bend at Konar Barau along the Tegina-Minna road, some suspected bandits in military uniform attacked the vehicle and took away 13 passengers and his “motor boy”.