Driver of bus carrying 14 abducted JAMB candidates was on illegal job – Benue Links

The Management of Benue Links Nigeria Limited has clarified that the operator of the ill-fated autobus conveying the 14 kidnapped students heading to constitute their, UTME exams Benue State, was not authorized to transportation retired the job.

DAILY POST reports that the admittance seekers alongside different travelers were abducted connected Thursday portion traveling from Makurdi to Otukpo via an 18-seater autobus belonging to the Benue Links Motors.

Reacting to the bittersweet incident, the management, successful a connection issued by Information Officer, Johnson Ehi Daniel said that the “trip was unauthorized”.

The connection explained that the enactment has a lasting directive, which prohibits “all institution vehicles from undertaking journeys beyond 6:00pm owed to prevailing information challenges”.

However, Mr Johnson said the driver, “acting without the cognition oregon support of the Management, removed the conveyance from the company’s premises, picked up passengers and embarked connected the travel without owed documentation oregon clearance”.

The connection besides confirmed that the driver, who managed to flight from the kidn...