Gunmen abduct many Abuja-bound travelers in Kogi community
Gunmen have abducted an unconfirmed number of passengers traveling in an 18-seater bus in Ochadamu community on the Anyigba-Itobe road of Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State.
Sources said that the criminals, numbering about 12, flagged down the bus at gunpoint and whisked the travellers into the bush.
It was not clear if the Abuja-bound vehicle was fully occupied.
Locals said that the incident happened around 4 pm at a notorious kidnapping hotspot on the Anyigba-Itobe highway.
Confirming the incident on Thursday, Navy Commander Jerry Omodara (rtd), Special Adviser, Security, to Governor Yahaya Bello, said the Kogi state government was aware of it and had swung into action.
He said, “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.”
