UNKNOWN gunmen have reportedly abducted 32 travellers who were ambushed along Benin-Ifon Road, Ondo State after attending a burial ceremony in Edo State.
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The victims were said to be traveling with others in two other vehicles when their coastal bus was stopped but the drivers of the other vehicles stopped while the occupants in the two vehicles jumped out and fled into the bushes.
It was gathered that the kidnappers marched the victims out of the vehicles and whisked all occupants including the driver of the coastal bus to an unknown destination in the forest.
It was further learnt that some of the occupants escaped while being taken to the kidnappers’ den but the source disclosed many of the victims are still with the kidnappers.
However, security operatives in the state including, the state security outfit, Amotekun are on the trail of the kidnappers, combing the Benin-Ifon to Owo forest in the state in search of the 32 persons reportedly kidnapped in a coastal bus.
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The State Police Command confirmed the development while the Commander of Amotekun in the state, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, also confirmed the abduction.
Adeleye, in a telephone chat, said the command would do all within its power to rescue the victims and rid the state off criminals
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