Kogiflame
Some Suspected kidnappers have kidnapped all passengers of Peace Mass Transit bus travelling en route Kogi State leaving only a woman and her baby behind in Kogi State.
The incident which occured on Wednesday along Ogugu, in Olamaboro Local Government Area of Kogi State, indicated through a trending video, a white passanger bus belonging to the Peace Mass Transit was parked close to the bush, along a major road.
Speaking on the development, the youth leader of the Okugo community, identified simply as Hon. Basinto, with some of the security agencies quick response team which comprised the police went on the trail of the kidnappers into the bush.
The youth leader said that, following an intelligence about the passanger bus kidnap.the security operatives were mobilized to search for and rescue the victims who were on their way travelling
He said that, “They picked almost everybody. It’s only one woman with a baby that they left behind ”
Basinto added that the security operatives were in the bush combing the possible hideout to the hoodlums in order to rescue the victims.
“They picked almost everybody. It’s only one woman with a baby that they left behind. ”
He expressed confidence that is if the victims hadn’t gone far into the bush with their abductors, they would be recovered safely.
The youth leader also explained that, as at the time of moving to the scene with security operatives, the road had been deserted, based on the fact that information about the incident that took place had already gone viral.
He called on security agencies and the state Commissioner of Police to rise to the challenge of securing the state, while appealing to the Fulani men resident within the community to extend their cooperation to fish out the gunmen who were in the hideout with their victims.
All effort to get details from the Logo State Police Command Public Relations Officer SP William Ayah on the incident proved abortive as he was not responding to several calls put to him by our correspondent.
