Two fully filled buses that are owned by the Benue state government and headed for Lagos have apparently been taken hostage by armed suspects. The buses left Makurdi with over 10 passengers on board.
On Sunday at around 2 p.m., the vehicles were reportedly waylaid by the armed men on the Kogi state’s Ajaokuta-Okene route.
According to a firm source in Makurdi who went on the record under the condition of anonymity, some of the passengers were hurt during the attack, while others were fortunate enough to escape unharmed.
He responded, “It is true that the event occurred yesterday between 2:00 PM and 3:30 PM on the Ajaokuta-Okene route as the two buses were traveling to Lagos.
“Available information indicated that ten passengers were abducted during the attack. And the incident was reported at Adogo Police station near Okene.”
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The official lamented that the Okene-Ajaokuta road had become synonymous with the rampant kidnap of unsuspecting commuters.
He said, “this is not the first time we are recording this type of incident on that particular axis of Kogi state and it is not peculiar to us. Several travelers have also fallen victim to the armed gang on that axis. Even at that nothing is being done to check the menace.
“We are appealing to security agencies to do something about these ugly incidents because people now feel very unsafe while plying that road to any part of the country.”
No management staff of the transport company was willing to speak on the matter while the Benue State Police Command also kept mute over the issue probably because the incident did not occur within its jurisdiction.
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