Eight members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, have been kidnapped by gunmen along a highway in Zamfara State on Saturday, while traveling inside AKTC bus from Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, to Sokoto State en route Zamfara State.
The corps members were scheduled to take part in the mandatory national service when their vehicle was intercepted along a highway in Zamfara.
A source in the AKTC bus transport company that conveyed them said the corps members were 11 in number but that three escaped from the gunmen.
“Apart from the eight corps members, the driver of the bus was also abducted”, he said.
“The corps members were offloaded (from the bus) and taken into the bush. The police have recovered the bus.
“They left here (Uyo) on Friday, and slept over in Abuja. It was when they were proceeding to Sokoto that they were kidnapped,” he said.
He revealed that the incident had been reported to government authorities and security agencies.
The Zamfara State police spokesperson, Yazid Abubakar, told newsmen that he was going to verify the incident.
