Two passengers kidnapped after gunmen block Plateau road

Suspected kidnappers person abducted 2 passengers aft blocking the Bokkos-Barkin Ladi Road successful Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State.

The onslaught occurred astatine astir 8:40 pm. connected Friday, August 28, erstwhile troops of Sector 4, Operation Enduring Peace, responded to a distress telephone astir the incident.

In a station shared connected X, counter-insurgency adept Zagazola Makama said that erstwhile the troops arrived, they recovered that the gunmen had blocked the roadworthy and stopped a conveyance driven by Mr Kollog Dakwan. Two passengers successful the conveyance were reportedly taken distant by the attackers.

The troops rapidly moved into the surrounding bushes to hunt for the kidnappers and rescue the victims.

However, the archetypal hunt did not pb to immoderate interaction with the attackers.

Security forces are continuing the hunt for the abducted passengers, portion efforts are besides underway to apprehension those down the attack.

Patrols and surveillance person been accrued on the roadworthy and successful adjacent areas to forestall further attacks.

The incidental has raised caller concerns astir the information of large roads successful parts of Plateau State, wherever kidnapping and different transgression activities stay a challenge.

Operation Enduring Peace is expected to proceed its hunt and clearance opera...