The Benue State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of three passengers and the shooting of a commercial driver near Oglewu in Ohimini Local Government Area of the State.
“Yes, it is true that a bus conveying six passengers and a driver was attacked in Ohimini and six passengers were abducted but three were rescued. A driver of the vehicle was shot and he was taken to hospital in Otukpo for treatment. The security operatives were deployed to rescue the remaining three passengers” he said.
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A security source in Otukpo explained that the vehicle was traveling from Enugu and was passing through Otukpo-Oweto Highway to Abuja around 10pm on Saturday when the gunmen attacked them, “All the passengers were abducted and a driver was shot. The incident happened on Saturday night” the source added.
