Scores of motorists were kidnapped on Saturday along the Benin-Owo Expressway in Ifon, the administrative center of the Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State.
The exact number of casualties could not be determined because several accounts said that there were 32 or more victims.
According to one of the sources at the town who told newsmen about the event on Sunday, the victims were reportedly traveling in a coastal bus from Benin to Ondo State, where they attended a burial ceremony.
“However, when we arrived in the Ifon area, the thugs ambushed us and took all of the passengers into the woods.
According to a relative of one of the victims, “all the people in the car have been abducted since Saturday and no one has heard anything about them since then.”
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Ondo State Command SP Funmilayo Odunlami, confirmed the incident on Sunday but said she was unable to determine how many people were hurt.
Source: Vanguard News
