At least 11 people were kidnapped on Sunday night as gunmen stormed a passenger bus for the Benue Link in another terrifying incident. This upsetting incident adds to the region’s worrying pattern of kidnappings, raising concerns among security officials and citizens alike.
The attack occurred around 10 p.m. on the Ogbokolo-Otukpa route in Benue’s Okpokpwu Local Government Area. Fortunately, the car’s driver and its four occupants were able to flee, evading the abductors’ grasp.
A competent source said that the kidnappers had initially demanded for N60 million, but came down to N16 million as ransom to release the passengers.
A similar incident involving two buses of the transport company occurred on Sept. 10, and 28 people were kidnapped.
A total of 26 of those abducted had been released while two are still with the kidnappers.
Mr Omale Omale, the Commissioner for Power, Energy and Transport confirmed the development to newsmen in Makurdi.
He however said details of the incident were still sketchy.
Meanwhile, the Makurdi Zonal Centre of Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), said among the passengers abducted was a staff member of the organisation.
The Zonal Director of the Centre, Mr Pam Nyam, has notified the police of the incident and requested urgent action to rescue all the abducted passengers.
