No fewer than 14 passengers travelling from the Igede axis of Oju and Obi Local Government Areas of Benue state have been abducted.
The passengers were reportedly travelling to the South-West when their vehicle was intercepted around 7:pm on Monday along the Okpokwu axis.
The incident occurred less than 48 hours after nine worshippers were abducted during a vigil at St John’s Catholic Church, Ojije, in Utonkon, Ado Local Government Area of the state.
The Benue State Police Command spokesperson, DSP Udeme Edet, who confirmed the incident, said it occurred along the Okpokwu axis of the state on Monday evening and that investigations were ongoing.
“Concerning the abduction of passengers on the Okpokwu road, it is true that it happened.
Investigation into the incident is ongoing, and we are on top of the situation,” Edet said.
Speaking on the incident, the Chairman of Oju Local Government Area, Mr Jackson Ominyi, said he was informed that two people were killed during the attack.
He added that efforts by his counterpart in Okpokwu Local Government Area led to the rescue of abducted passengers.
“My security officer called me a few hours ago to inform me that some of our people were abducted around the Okpokwu axis.
“I commend the Chairman of Okpokwu LGA for ensuring the rescue of two persons so far and for his assurance that all the remaining 12 abductees will be rescued,” Ominyi said.
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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