Corps member, 8 others kidnapped along Abuja -Lokoja road

Batch A corps member, Mr. Samuel Adigun, and eight others have been kidnapped by some gunmen suspected to be kidnappers in army uniforms near Idu village, along Abuja -Lokoja road.
According to information reaching out reporter on Monday, the incident happened last week Thursday.
It was gathered that the corps member is serving with Abaji area council secretariat, when he boarded a bus on his way from Abaji to Lokoja and was kidnapped along side other 8 passengers.
A resident of Idu village, who preferred anonymity said that the incident happened last Thursday afternoon, after the gunmen wearing army uniforms with sophisticated weapons emerged from the bush.
“The gunmen suddenly shot the tyres of the unmarked Toyota commuter bus, and forced the driver to stop, before the gunmen whisked away the corps member and eight other passengers.
“I was actually inside the river by the bridge washing my motorcycle, when I heard a sound of gun shot and I quickly take cover. Until some few minutes later when the kidnappers emerged from the bush and whisked away passengers inside the bus,” he said.
Meanwhile, a senior staff with the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC ) who preferred anonymity, confirmed the abduction of the corps member, saying contact has since been established with kidnappers as negotiations were ongoing.
“Even as I am not position to speak to the press about the incident, but a contact has since been established with kidnappers, which we are hoping that the victim would be set free either today or tomorrow, ” he said.
Meanwhile all effort to speak with the spokesman of the Kogi state police command, DSP Williams Aya, poved abortive as calls put to his line was not going as at the time of filling the report.