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Three siblings travelling from Abuja to Benue State to hide their precocious parent person reportedly been abducted by suspected gunmen on the Ogobia–Otukpo Road.
The incidental was said to person occurred successful the aboriginal hours of Saturday. It was brought to nationalist attraction by national writer Meddy Olotu done a video shared connected societal media.
According to Olotu, the victims were transporting the remains of their mother, who died successful Abuja, to Iklenyi assemblage successful Okpokwu Local Government Area of Benue State for burial erstwhile they were attacked.
He revealed that the household encountered mechanical problems during the trip, leaving them stranded for respective hours earlier continuing their travel astir 2:00 a.m.
“They near Abuja with the corpse of their parent for burial successful Iklenyi, but adjacent by 2:00 a.m., they were inactive connected the roadworthy due to the fact that their conveyance had breached down. Despite that, they continued the journey,” Olotu said.
Olotu alleged that portion travelling betwixt Ogobia and Otukpo, equipped kidnappers intercepted the conveyance and abducted the 3 siblings, reportedly taking distant the corpse of their deceased parent arsenic well.
He described the incidental arsenic profoundly distressing and advised Nigerians to debar travelling astatine nighttime owed to the expanding insecurity connected large highways.
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