Some gunmen reportedly abducted commuters travelling in an 18-passenger commercial bus last Friday near the boundary between Akunu-Akoko in Akoko North West Local Government Area of Ondo State and Ayere in Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State.
Apparently, the kidnappers murdered the bus driver and forcefully took all passengers into a nearby bush, leaving behind a young girl.
Later the other travellers passing through the area discovered the abandoned bus at the roadside.
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Not long after, a response team comprising the police, Amotekun, soldiers, and local hunters arrived at the scene, initiating a search operation in the surrounding bushes.
She noted that the State Commissioner of Police, Abayomi Oladipo, has promptly directed a team of officers from the Anti-Kidnapping Squad of the Command to be deployed to the area.
The team is presently conducting extensive searches in the vicinity with the aim of rescuing the victims and bringing the perpetrators to justice.
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