Abuja-Lokoja Road, Dozens Kidnapped And 3 Killed As Gunmen Waylay 14-Seater Bus

Numbers of passengers were taken away into the bush by suspected kidnappers, three (3) persons killed as well by the kidnappers along Abuja-Lokoja Express road on the evening of Sunday.

Reporters gather that the suspected kidnappers waylaid a 14-seater bus fully loaded with passengers and was heading to Abuja before the incident occurred.

It was also gathered that another two Toyota Sienna mini buses also loaded with passengers and a Volvo SUV ran into the scene and all the occupants of the vehicles were taken into the bush as well.

An eyewitness, a driver of a commercial bus who escaped the happening situation told members of the press who came to the scene that the three people that were killed failed to cooperate with the kidnappers.

He further state that has been the usual practice particularly on Sunday, giving a hint that a colleague of his was kidnapped last week with an undisclosed amount of money was paid as ransom.

Security operatives such as the Police, Army and the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps were on ground at the scene of the incident.