Police deploy drones to rescue 12 abducted Benue passengers
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The Benue State Police Command on Monday said it has deployed drones to track down the location of the 11 passengers and driver abducted around Eke in Okpokwu Local Government Area of the state.
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers had around 6.30 pm on Sunday abducted 11 passengers and a driver of a vehicle belonging to Benue State Transport Company, known as Benue Links.
The bus was intercepted at Eke in Okpokwu LG, along the Otukpo-Otukpa-Enugu highway.
A source had earlier told our correspondent that the gunmen, after intercepting the vehicle, robbed the passengers of their belongings and later whisked them away to the bush.
Confirming the abduction, the management of Benue Links said the ill-fated vehicle left Abeokuta in Ogun State en route to Makurdi on Sunday when it was intercepted by gunmen.
The management confirmed the incident in a statement made available to journalists in Makurdi on Monday.
The Information Officer of the company, Johnson Daniel, in the statement, said 12 passengers and the driver were on board when the vehicle was intercepted.
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