Bandits yesterday morning attacked a commercial bus belonging to the Katsina State Transport Authority (KSTA) and killed the driver.

The KSTA Managing Director, Alhaji Haruna Musa who confirmed the incident, identified the driver as Nasir Yusha’u.

Musa said only the driver was shot dead by the bandits who were passing through the route when the driver arrived with the passengers.

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“He was coming from Jibia to Katsina, at about 11a.m when he ran into the bandits. Immediately the driver saw them, he tried to stop and go back but one of his tyres was hooked in the sand. They shot him to death, and the passengers started running.

“The bandits collected the phones and other things belonging to some of the passengers and left the scene,” he said.