Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted eight travellers in Oshokoshoko, along Kabba/Obajana/Lokoja road on Saturday evening. Those kidnapped include two students, two women and four men.
According to reports, the incident occurred last Saturday around 5pm when the passengers who were travelling from Kabba to Lokoja took off from the Jehovah Witness Kingdom Hall, Kabba.
Elupo Eliazer, a physically-challenged person whose wife is among the victims, said the kidnappers have called to demand first for N30 million but reduced it to N2.6 million after negotiation.
He said “My wife and I were travelling to attend our church convention scheduled for Lokoja, but I decided to follow a different vehicle as the Toyota could not contain all of us, else I would have been in the car with her.”
He said that the vehicle his wife boarded was ahead of the one he was in but all the occupants of the vehicle have been marched into the bush by the time his own vehicle got to the spot.
However, the police public relations officer, SP William Aya, claimed ignorance of the incident but promised to find out and get back with the details. SP Aya was yet to get back to the correspondent at the time of filing this report.
Meanwhile, the Police in Kaduna have arrested four suspects for alleged armed robbery in the state.
The spokesman of the Command, ASP Mansir Hassan on Tuesday in Kaduna said that the suspects allegedly terrorised some communities in the state.
He said the suspects allegedly robbed innocent citizens of motorcycles and other valuables along Ado Gwaron in Mahuta community in Igabi Local Government Area of the state.
The spokesman listed the suspects to include Bashir Kabir; Suraka Usman, Ibrahim Abubakar and Buhari Abdullahi.
Hassan said the Police recovered five vehicle number plates, spare parts and new SIM cards from the suspects.
The Command, he said, recorded significant feat sequel to proactive measures adopted by the Commissioner of Police, Mr Audu Ali.
He urged residents of the state to provide credible information to the Police on suspicious persons and movements to enable it to protect lives and property.
According to him, the suspects will be charged to court on completion of investigation.
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