Gunmen have reportedly kidnapped all the passengers in an 18-seater commercial bus including the driver at Anyigba -Itobe Road, in Ochadamu, Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State.
An eyewitness, the incident happened around 4pm on Monday at a kidnapping spot along the highway in the Ochadamu area of the state.
According to a reliable source who spoke with newsmen, the bus driver was conveying the passengers to their destinations in Abuja when the gunmen laid a siege to the vehicle and abducted the driver and the 18 passengers.
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Residents in the area noted that kidnapping activities which reduced drastically in the Ochadamu area of the state, has resumed recently after the army checkpoint in the area was dismantled following an accident that killed many people and destroyed over 20 cars.
The security operatives, including vigilantes in the area, were said to be making frantic efforts to rescue the kidnapped passengers.
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The state Security Adviser to Governor, Jerry Omodara ( retd), who confirmed the incident, said the state government was on top of the situation.
“We have fought them; we will fight them; and we will continue to fight them, until they are neutralised in that axis of the state.
“Security agents have been alerted and they will do the needful,” Omodara said.
