Bandits abduct 14 passengers travelling from Enugu to Abuja

Suspected bandits abducted astir 14 passengers travelling from Enugu State to Abuja on the Ankpechi–Omutele axis of Ohimini Local Government Area of Benue State connected Thursday night.

The gunmen reportedly ambushed the commercialized autobus conveying the passengers, forced them into the bush and abandoned the conveyance connected the road.

Confirming the incident, the Benue State Police Command spokesperson, DSP Orchia Peter Aondongu, said operatives had rescued 5 of the victims, including a four-year-old boy.

The constabulary said 9 different victims remained successful the custody of their abductors, adding that the bid launched a coordinated rescue cognition successful the aboriginal hours of Friday to unafraid the merchandise of those inactive successful captivity.

He said the cognition progressive an speech of gunfire betwixt information operatives and the suspected kidnappers, resulting successful the rescue of 5 victims.

The constabulary spokesperson explained that 1 of the rescued victims sustained a gunshot coiled during the cognition and was instantly taken to a aesculapian installation successful Otukpo, wherever the unfortunate is receiving treatment.
Aondongu said operatives of the command, moving alongside different information agencies, were intensifying efforts to rescue the remaining 9 victims safely, assuring that the op...