Crime

Gunmen attack three buses, ‘kidnap travellers’ on Akure-Ado road

Unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Tuesday evening reportedly abducted some travellers in commercial buses along Akure/Ikere-Ado Ekiti road in Ekiti State.

It was gathered that the gunmen were reported to have swooped on the travellers’ vehicles on Tuesday while navigating through the bad portions of the road.

The source gathered that the passengers were in three vehicles and one of the drivers were narrowly escaped the incident.

The incident occurred in between the boundary of Iju in Ondo State and Ikere Ekiti in Ekiti State.

An eyewitness said that the vehicles were left open in the middle of the road, which attracted members of the public to the abandoned vehicle and raised the alarm.

The identities of the victims had not been ascertained as of the time of filing this report as they were said to have been whisked away to an unknown destination in the forest.

Ekiti State Police Command Spokesman, DSP Caleb Ikechukwu could not be reached to confirm this incident, his phone was switched off.

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