Suspected bandits have abducted 13 women between Manini and Udawa town along Kaduna-Birnin Gwari highway, travelling to a wedding ceremony.
It was learnt that the incident occurred on Thursday around 12:00noon when the gunmen waylaid three vehicles conveying the women to the venue of the wedding ceremony in Birnin Gwari.
Some nursing mothers, a woman with her five daughters and a seven-year-old boy were said to be among the abducted victims.
The victims were said to be residents of Udawa town in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
It was learnt that the quick response by a team of soldiers prevented the bandits from abducting more travellers as they blocked the roads and picked their victims from the vehicles that ran into the barricade.
Police in Kaduna State have yet to react to the incident as of the time of filing this report.