Passengers allegedly kidnapped from an 18-seater bus on Kogi-Abuja highway.
By Admin
Passengers were kidnapped from an 18-seater bus in Kogi State on Wednesday evening near Ochonyi-Omoko village on the Abuja-Lokoja highway.
According to a passenger, Benjamin Isaac, who escaped from the bandits, the incident occurred around 8 p.m.
According to him, the attackers hid in a bush and opened fire on the moving vehicle, deflating the back tyres and bringing the vehicle to a halt.
“They opened fire on back tyres, causing the driver to lose control,” he explained. When the driver went off the road, the gunmen emerged from hiding and ordered all of the passengers to exit. At gunpoint, they led us into the woods.”
Isaac claimed that he miraculously escaped the scene with other passengers and ran into the bus to avoid being kidnapped by the bandits.
A vigilante who requested anonymity confirmed the abduction, saying he was performing ablution nearby when the gunshots startled him.
He went on to say that immediately after his prayers, he reached out to his colleagues and mobilised to the scene, emphasising that they discovered an abandoned bus by the roadside with no passengers inside.
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He explained that was when they discovered that some of the bus passengers had been kidnapped, and that he and his colleagues were still combing the forest for the gunmen and rescuing the victims.
As of the time of filing this report, DSP Williams Ovye Ayah, the spokesman for the Kogi State Police Command, had not responded to calls seeking confirmation of the incident.
