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Gunmen kidnap Peace Mass Transit passengers in Kogi

Some suspected kidnappers have abducted some passengers of Peace Mass Transit bus travelling en route Kogi leaving only a woman and her baby behind.

The incident which occurred on Wednesday, July 26, 2023, along Ogugu, in Olamaboro Local Government Area of Kogi State, indicated through a trending video, a white passenger bus belonging to the Peace Mass Transit was parked close to the bush, along a major road.

Speaking on the development, the youth leader of the Okugo community, identified simply as Hon. Basinto, with some of the security agencies’ quick response team which comprised the police, went on the trail of the kidnappers into the bush.

The youth leader said that, following intelligence about the incident, the security operatives were mobilised to search for and rescue the victims who were on their way travelling.

He said; “They picked almost everybody. It’s only one woman with a baby that they left behind ”

Basinto added that the security operatives were in the bush combing the possible hideout to the hoodlums in order to rescue the victims.

“They picked almost everybody. It’s only one woman with a baby that they left behind. ”

He expressed confidence that if the victims hadn’t gone far into the bush with their abductors, they would be recovered safely.

The youth leader also explained that, at the time of moving to the scene with security operatives, the road had been deserted, based on the fact that information about the incident that took place had already gone viral.

He called on security agencies and the state Commissioner of Police to rise to the challenge of securing the State while appealing to the Fulani men resident within the community to extend their cooperation to fish out the gunmen who were in the hideout with their victims.

All efforts to get details from the State Police Command Public Relations Officer SP William Ayah on the incident proved abortive as he was not responding to several calls put to him by our correspondent.

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