Afrigather Gunmen on Saturday kidnapped scores of travellers on Benin-Owo Expressway in Ifon, the headquarters of Ose Native Authorities Space of Ondo State.
The variety of victims couldn’t be ascertained as some sources mentioned the victims had been over 40 whereas others gave their quantity as 32.
One of many sources on the city who disclosed the incident to newsmen on Sunday mentioned the victims had been touring in a coastal bus from Benin to Ondo State the place they went for the burial ceremony.
“However on attending to Ifon space, the hoodlums ambushed and whisked all of the occupants of the car into the bush.
“All of the occupants of the car had been kidnapped since yesterday (Saturday) and no one has heard something about them since then,” a relation of one of many victims mentioned.
Whereas confirming the incident on Sunday, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Ondo State Command, SP Funmilayo Odunlami, mentioned she couldn’t verify the variety of the victims.
In response to PPRO, males of the command and different safety companies within the state had begun the seek for the victims within the forest.
” Our males and different safety companies are already within the forest to rescue the victims unharmed whereas the investigation into the incident has commenced,” Odunlami mentioned.
