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Gunmen ambush travellers in Benue, abduct three passengers
Three passengers travelling from Enugu to Abuja have reportedly been abducted by suspected gunmen in Benue State.
The incident occurred on Saturday night around Oglewu in Ohimini Local Government Area of the state.
A source in the area disclosed that the vehicle conveying the passengers was intercepted by the armed men at about 9:30 pm on Saturday, after which the three travellers were reportedly taken away.
“Some gunmen intercepted a commercial bus travelling to Abuja along Otukpo-Oweto Highway Saturday night.
“The incident occurred on Saturday at about 9:25 pm when certain persons were said to be travelling from Enugu and intercepted as the driver of the vehicle was shot, three passengers kidnapped, one allegedly escaped but later found,” the source, who did not want to be named, said in a telephone interview on Sunday.
The spokesperson for the Benue State Police Command, DSP Peter Aondongu, who confirmed the incident in a telephone interview on Sunday night, said the driver, who was shot, was receiving treatment at the Teaching Hospital in Otukpo.
He said, “Three persons were kidnapped during the incident and three rescued, the driver who was shot is receiving treatment at Teaching Hospital, Otukpo.”
The federal highway has become notorious for kidnapping.
Six people who were conveying the corpse of a woman were kidnapped along the road the previous week.
They were later reported to have been released a few days after a payment of N2.5m.
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