No fewer than 30 occupants of two commercial vehicles have been reportedly abducted by people suspected to be kidnappers along the Nasarawa-Keffi road in Nasarawa State.
According to reports, the kidnappers laid siege to the vehicles conveying the travelers on Friday and abducted them into a nearby bush in the Uke area of Nasarawa State.
It was gathered that the driver of one of the two vehicles escaped, a pregnant woman was beaten and abandoned, and an old man said to be suffering from a stroke was also left behind for delaying the movement of the suspected kidnappers into the bush.
The escaped driver, whose name was not immediately obtained at the time of filing this report, was said to have reported the incident to the Uke Division of the Nasarawa State Command of the Nigerian police.
One of the victims’ relatives who spoke to journalists on account of anonymity said the whereabouts of their sister, a second-year student at the Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa, were yet unknown, adding that they were yet to be contacted by her abductors.
“Our sister was kidnapped last Friday while on her way from school. I was contacted on Saturday by the police because the driver recovered some of the victims’ phones, and my sister’s was among those recovered.
“Though I gathered that the military and the police are currently in the bush on the trail of the suspected kidnappers as well as trying to ensure the rescue of the victims,”
It was also said that the kidnappers have contacted the victims’ families and demanded N300 million (N10 million each) as ransom for their freedom.
When contacted, the Public Relations Officer of the State Police Command, DSP Ranham Nansel, told our correspondent that an incident happened along the Nasarawa-Keffi road where an 18-seater bus was attacked in the night on Friday.
“An incident happened along Nasarawa-Keffi Road, where an 18-seater bus was attacked at night on Friday. The police, in collaboration with other security agencies, responded.
“The criminals were trailed, three people were rescued, and the vehicle was removed to the police station.”.
