Story 108 Gunmen Intercept Benue Links Bus, Abduct 15 Passengers Including UTME Candidates By AZA MSUE, Makurdi Gunmen suspected to be bandits have intercepted a commercial bus belonging to Benue Links Nigeria Limited and abducted fifteen passengers in Otukpo local government area of Benue state. LEADERSHIP gathered that one of the passengers managed to escape. A resident of Otukpo working near Benue Links Otukpo Park, Aba Gabriel, told our correspondent that the incident happened on Wednesday evening when bandits emerged from the bush and shot at a moving bus along Makurdi – Otukpo road. Gabriel said Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination ((UTME) candidates were among the victims, “We heard from officials of Benue Links Park here in Otukpo that UTME candidates who were coming to Otukpo to sit for their JAMB examination today Thursday were among the abductees” Confirming the incident on telephone with our correspondent, Benue Links Information Officer, Daniel Ehi, said, “Yes, the incident happened. Fifteen passengers were abducted and among them one person escaped.We will issue an official statement later over the incident” he said. Meanwhile, Benue State Police Command’s spokesperson, DSP Udeme Edet, did not respond or answer calls when contacted over the incident. However, a senior police officer at the Command who preferred anonymity confirmed the incident, “The Commissioner of Police has deployed security operatives to the area for possible rescue of the victims.”

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have intercepted a commercial bus belonging to Benue Links Nigeria Limited and abducted fifteen passengers in Otukpo local govern