Reports indicate that over 30 people were abducted from two commercial vehicles by suspected kidnappers along the Nasarawa-Keffi road in Nasarawa State.
According to the reports, the gunmen abducted their victims and took them into the bush. They have contacted the families of two victims, demanding a ransom of N10 million for each.
The incident occurred on Friday night last week within the Keffi and Karu Local Government Areas of the state. One of the drivers managed to escape, while a pregnant woman was beaten and abandoned, and an elderly man suffering from a stroke was left behind for slowing the kidnappers' movement into the bush.
The escaped driver, whose name was not immediately available at the time of filing this report, reported the incident to the Uke Division of the Nasarawa State Command of the Nigeria Police.
One of the victims' relatives, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the whereabouts of their sister, a second-year student of the Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa, are still unknown, and they have not yet been contacted by the 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 phone was among those recovered. I understand that the military and the police are currently in the bush, trying to track down the kidnappers and rescue the victims,” the relative said.
When contacted, the Public Relations Officer of the state police command, DSP Ranham Nansel, confirmed the incident. He stated, "An incident occurred along the Nasarawa-Keffi road, where an 18-seater bus was attacked at night on Friday.
The police, in collaboration with other security agencies, responded swiftly. The criminals were trailed, and three people were rescued."
