Armed robbers attack VP Sambo wife’s car, kill 2

Gunmen, suspected to be robbers, on Sunday took over the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway, unleashing terror on motorists and passengers, leading to the death of two persons.



 Among the vehicles attacked by robbers was an official car with an inscription I- CARE Women and Children Initiative, belonging to the Non-Governmental Organisation owned by the wife of the Vice President, Namadi Sambo, Hajia Amina.
John Oguche, a driver of one of the vehicles attacked by the robbers, told journalists in Kaduna that the accident occurred around 4p.m. near Doka Hospital along the inter-city road,

The black vehicle belonging to Amina Sambo’s I-Care Women and Children Initiative was completely burnt and could not be salvaged by sympathizers who stopped to help put off the fire, a witness said.
One of the victims and Kaduna State Coordinator of NGO, Abdulrahman Mikailu, who spoke while on his hospital bed at the St. Gerald Hospital in Kaduna on Sunday, said his official vehicle was among the five vehicles that were involved in the multiple crash. He added that two bullets, shot by the armed robbers, narrowly missed him, saying the robbers were dressed in military uniforms.