Seven passengers including a lawyer and a doctor have been reportedly kidnapped along the Itobe-Ajaokuta expressway in Kogi State. The Kogi State Police Command confirmed the kidnap of the seven travelers.
According to an eyewitness, the gunmen laid siege on the said road for hours, shooting sporadically and in the process, many passengers were abducted, with many also receiving various degrees of injuries.
Some of the kidnapped victims have been identified as Mr Joe Abba, his wife and Barrister Abba Aduojo who were returning from a burial in a village near Alloma in Ofu local government Area of the state. Also abducted is a yet-to-be-identified doctor said to be on his way back to Lokoja from an official assignment to the Prince Abubakar Audu University Teaching Hospital, Anyigba.
According to the State Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), William Ovye Aya, the command got winds of the attack of the hoodlums and drafted the men of the Rapid Response Squad operating in the area to their rescue.“Seven persons were abducted to the bush; six people were rescued with bullets wounds and six vehicles were recovered at the scene of the incident,” he added.
Written by Adekunle Biodun