“How I escaped death” – Lone survivor of gunmen attack on Plateau bus narrates experience

The lone subsister of the onslaught by gunmen connected a rider autobus astatine Dungus Junction, Kuru, successful Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State, wherever 13 travellers were killed, has narrated however helium managed to flight being killed successful the carnage.

Nasiru Garba, who was the conductor successful the ill-fated commercialized vehicle, told newsmen that helium hid successful the conveyance and pretended to beryllium dormant on with the different passengers, and erstwhile the attackers checked to marque definite each their victims were genuinely dead, they near reasoning helium was besides gone.

Garba said the vehicle, which was connected its mode to Jos from Riyom, had stopped astatine the Dungus Junction to driblet disconnected immoderate passengers erstwhile the gunmen abruptly appeared from the bushes and opened occurrence connected the vehicle, sidesplitting each the passengers, including the driver.

“We parked by the roadside and dropped disconnected 5 passengers,” Garba said.

“After they alighted, the operator got down to cod the transport fare. I was successful beforehand of the autobus waiting for the driver. Immediately, the operator opened the doorway to enter; the gunmen opened occurrence connected the passengers who had alighted and those wrong the bus.

“All the passengers who had already alighted, the remaining passengers connected the bus, and the operator died. Immediately I heard the gunshots, I bent down in...