BREAKING: Gunmen abduct passengers along Lagos-Benin-Ore highway

Unknown gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have abducted some passengers along the Lagos-Benin-Ore highway on Sunday evening.

It was gathered that kidnappers were said to have emerged from the bush to attack vehicles on the Ondo State portion of the road.

In a video shared by a journalist, Olayinka Olukoya, a vandalised white passenger bus and a car was seen abandoned on the highway.

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It was gathered that some occupants of the vehicles were taken into the bush by the abductors, while some of them escaped being kidnapped.

A young girl, who was travelling with her father could not ascertain his whereabouts as she was seen crying.

Speaking on the incident, Olukoya said: “For your grace, my brother escaped being kidnapped today by Fulani herdsmen on his return journey home from Benin somewhere before Ore in Ondo State.

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“This insecurity is becoming serious. Passengers in the white commercial bus kidnapped alongside the driver of the red car.”

See the two videos shared by Olayinka Olukoya;

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