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About 45 engers in three fully loaded 15-seater commercial buses are reported to have been abducted by armed men in Orokam, along the Otukpo-Enugu Road in Ogbadigbo Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state.

It was gathered from an eyewitness and driver of one of the commercial transportation companies in Makurdi, who narrowly escaped the ambush with his engers, that the incident occurred at about 3:30pm on Thursday.

The heavily armed men were reported to have ambushed the ill-fated commercial vehicles when they sprang from the nearby forests in Orokam and forced their drivers at gunpoint to pull over.

According to him, “it was easy for the armed men to stop the vehicles because that portion of the road is very bad.

“The first person that came out of the bush was a heavily built young man who came out carrying an automatic rifle and a chain of bullets round his body.

“I saw three of them come out of the bush with guns, this was at about 3:30pm on Thursday in broad daylight.

“Their target was obviously commercial buses, maybe because of the number of engers that could harvest ransom for them. In this particular instance, they took engers in three-loaded buses that were heading toward Otukpo

“My saving grace was that a J-5 articulated vehicle was in my front. So when we were all stopped, before they got to my vehicle, I jumped out and ran into the bush, and all my engers also followed. Luckily, none of my engers were caught by the armed men.


“We ran into the bush, leaving our valuables, including phones, and they did not touch them. All they were looking for were the occupants of the bus.


“They took all their victims into the forest. After hiding in the bush for close to 30 minutes, when we realised it was safe to come out, we started running back to our bus to flee.

“At that point, we saw soldiers on motorbikes and a hilux van asking us where the armed went with the victims.

“This happened in-between a police and army checkpoint in Orokam after the Trailer Park at the bad portion of the road.

“Since I started driving, I used to hear stories of people being kidnapped on the road, I saw it happening live and I almost became a victim. I cannot thank God enough.”


Meanwhile, it was gathered that the armed men have already opened negotiations with family of the kidnapped engers for the payment of ransom for their release.

A manager in one of the commercial transportation companies at the busy Wurumum Park who spoke on condition of anonymity disclosed that the armed men initially asked for N15 million for each enger, “but they negotiated and settled for N3million for each of the engers.

“Some of the family came here to find out if we have any details or are in touch with the kidnappers, but we told them that our company was not involved.

“They lamented that they had reached agreements with the kidnappers, and while trying to resolve how the N3 million they demanded would be sent to them, the phone line went off and they have not been able to reach the armed men anymore.

“So it is like they have been moving from one park to the other to find out the companies that own the buses involved in the unfortunate incident. But from what we heard one of the vehicles has its head office in Gboko.”

When ed, the Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent, SP, Catherine Anene, said, “I don’t have that report yet.”

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/01/45-engers-kidnapped-as-gunmen-attack-transporters-along-otukpo-enugu-road/

Tinibu !!!

He will never do anything about this kidnapping incident, if its to lick microphone, he will lick it dry.

Something really Needs to be done about our security

Insecurity is on the rise. What's Tinubu and APC doing to curtail this?

Zonefree:
Insecurity is on the rise. What's Tinubu and APC doing to curtail this?

Did you think a certificate forger could solve insecurity?

Someone that couldn't ordinary Bsc without oluwole and you think he can understand anything about security?

Keep hoping.

Nawa oo. Bad news no dey tire vendors.

At that point, we saw soldiers on motorbikes and a hilux van asking us where the armed went with the victims.

“This happened in-between a police and army checkpoint in Orokam after the Trailer Park at the bad portion of the road.

Now @the above bolded, See kidnappers, see their Victims and then See Army, see the Police checkpoints...... Dont even be shocked to see Pantami in his vehicle watching the scenario.

Conclusively, When terrorism or Kidnapping persist more than 24hours, the Govt and Security Outfits has a hand in it..........ABACHA

This is getting out of hand

Holluwhakemmy:
This is getting out of hand

Noooo, some people are still arguing who owns Lagos. This one is not serious.

Sorry for the laugh...
We will do crowdfunding for that

If person tell me for dream say na Nigeria be this
I no for ever believe
So what's the difference between Nigeria and Sudan
Just the flag

Nigeria is a joke

vanbonattel:


Did you think a certificate forger could solve insecurity?

Someone that couldn't ordinary Bsc without oluwole and you think he can understand anything about security?

Keep hoping.

Pardon my ignorance.


Thanks for putting me through.

I said it in another thread that the increased kidnappings are a result of the unprecedented hardship brought about by subsidy removal and naira devaluation.
The goverment doesn't seem to see this.
Yes,some of the kidnappers would be captured and killed,but for the fact that this doesn't stop the crime shows that they are being carried out by people in various parts of the country who have been beaten by the economic nightmare and feel they either die in hunger or die if unlucky,during or after the act of kidnapping.
Bank robberies too will be on the increase.

ogododo:
About 45 engers in three fully loaded 15-seater commercial buses are reported to have been abducted by armed men in Orokam, along the Otukpo-Enugu Road in Ogbadigbo Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state.



It was gathered from an eyewitness and driver of one of the commercial transportation companies in Makurdi, who narrowly escaped the ambush with his engers, that the incident occurred at about 3:30pm on Thursday.

The heavily armed men were reported to have ambushed the ill-fated commercial vehicles when they sprang from the nearby forests in Orokam and forced their drivers at gunpoint to pull over.

According to him, “it was easy for the armed men to stop the vehicles because that portion of the road is very bad.

“The first person that came out of the bush was a heavily built young man who came out carrying an automatic rifle and a chain of bullets round his body.

“I saw three of them come out of the bush with guns, this was at about 3:30pm on Thursday in broad daylight.

“Their target was obviously commercial buses, maybe because of the number of engers that could harvest ransom for them. In this particular instance, they took engers in three-loaded buses that were heading toward Otukpo

“My saving grace was that a J-5 articulated vehicle was in my front. So when we were all stopped, before they got to my vehicle, I jumped out and ran into the bush, and all my engers also followed. Luckily, none of my engers were caught by the armed men.


“We ran into the bush, leaving our valuables, including phones, and they did not touch them. All they were looking for were the occupants of the bus.


“They took all their victims into the forest. After hiding in the bush for close to 30 minutes, when we realised it was safe to come out, we started running back to our bus to flee.

“At that point, we saw soldiers on motorbikes and a hilux van asking us where the armed went with the victims.

“This happened in-between a police and army checkpoint in Orokam after the Trailer Park at the bad portion of the road.

“Since I started driving, I used to hear stories of people being kidnapped on the road, I saw it happening live and I almost became a victim. I cannot thank God enough.”


Meanwhile, it was gathered that the armed men have already opened negotiations with family of the kidnapped engers for the payment of ransom for their release.

A manager in one of the commercial transportation companies at the busy Wurumum Park who spoke on condition of anonymity disclosed that the armed men initially asked for N15 million for each enger, “but they negotiated and settled for N3million for each of the engers.

“Some of the family came here to find out if we have any details or are in touch with the kidnappers, but we told them that our company was not involved.

“They lamented that they had reached agreements with the kidnappers, and while trying to resolve how the N3 million they demanded would be sent to them, the phone line went off and they have not been able to reach the armed men anymore.

“So it is like they have been moving from one park to the other to find out the companies that own the buses involved in the unfortunate incident. But from what we heard one of the vehicles has its head office in Gboko.”

When ed, the Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent, SP, Catherine Anene, said, “I don’t have that report yet.”


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/01/45-engers-kidnapped-as-gunmen-attack-transporters-along-otukpo-enugu-road/

Police don't want to use NIN according to Pantami. Waiting for Jobi's rebuttals. We were shouting how terrible insecurity has become under APC, they called us name. Nigeria is on auto pilot.

Siberia01:


Sorry for the laugh...
We will do crowdfunding for that

If person tell me for dream say na Nigeria be this
I no for ever believe
So what's the difference between Nigeria and Sudan
Just the flag

Or Somalia. Niger and part of Kwara are ungoverned states.

iwaeda:


Police don't want to use NIN according to Pantami. Waiting for Jobi's rebuttals. We were shouting how terrible insecurity has become under APC, they called us name. Nigeria is on auto pilot.

Nawa oo.

IT IS FINISHED!

Gradually spreading to every nook and cranny of the nation.

Scary, the kind of news coming out from Nigeria.

To think there is a government whose duty is to secure lives and properties on ground .

Appalling!

Holluwhakemmy:
This is getting out of hand

they are very easy to catch and the menace stopped...

how..?

keep loading buses full of armed security men, example army, who are also fortified with jazz...inside that vehicle, three drones will b in it nd all the 12 army men will b fully armed, corked nd ready to shoot...

they shld always patron that route disguised as personger vehicle, without siren or any left off..wen they are stopped some day..they shld immediately open fire at once ..all of the army men at once...nd if the bandits run into the bush...two of the armies will set out the drones above them using it as trackers and continue to pursue them into the bush till they are caught..but never let to reach the barracks...

they shld b killed after painful torture like pouring very very boiled hot oil into their opened eyes ball to giv more info...

if this happens more than 10 x acctoss all federal roads..the bandit themselves will start being scared of buses,not knowing which is secury and wi h is personger..
simple!!!

They are gradually making kidnapping sound so lucrative. What a country

SOME PEOPLE WILL NOT CONDERMN THIS, THEY ARE BUSY LOOKING FOR THREAD WITH PETER OBI, EVEN WHEN HE CONDERMN THE ATTACK THEY WILL STILL LEAVE THE MASSAGE AND ATTACK HIM.

Pristine664:


Lol I thought you are all chestbeating that it is ESN that is protecting you all.

Oppo!!! Who is talking about ESN here? Mtcheeewww yeyenatu.

Wherever there are hunger and unemployment, criminality becomes the order of the day.

efego:
Something really Needs to be done about our security

There's a drastic lot Nigeria needs, but in the interim either a coup or revolution would do! Tinubu and APC are eminently clueless, corrupt and nepotistic.....and with them incharge, Nigeria will continue its descent into the abyss!

At least the comments here is devoid of gloating and chestbeating.
If this had happened in other parts of the country what we would have been seeing here is pure chestbeating and triumphalism.

May God heal Nigeria.

jmoore:
IT IS FINISHED!

Its not new. During Buhari regime, Evans the kidnapper did his own till the laws caught up with him

When e reach time, all of them go die throwway

Wow!!

And to think this happened in broad daylight?

WHAT EXACTLY IS GOING ON

I actually thought it was the quiet old road until I saw the part about the trailer park, which means it's the ever busy one with numerous checkpoints.

Mba, mba this one done be careful o. 🥺

Another crowd funding loading...

Dear President Bola Tinubu sir, if you or any of your SAs or PAs or Ministers or relatives or close allies are reading, listen to my suggestion and implement it to curb this highway robbery and kidnapping that is gradually taking over Nigerian highways since 2018.


Create a new Highway Security Taskforce.


Let it be a t Security Taskforce that comprises: Police, Army, Airforce, NSCDC.

Why it should be a t security taskforce is to avoid it being under the leadership of any of the existing security heads who have failed already in their various jurisdictions. And JTF is also not always easy to compromise because it will not be easy for the security officers from different security outfits to reach a compromise. And they must be reposted every 6 months to another area entirely.



If any insecurity happen along any highway after this, the Commandant will be summoned by the President and fired with no benefit if no adequate explanation, he must be made to know this before he accepts the job. Each highway patrol barrack will have a head that reports to the overall commandant.



This new Highway Security Taskforce should be headed by a Commandant to be appointed by President and reports directly to the President via the office of NSA.


They should be put on special allowance.


Build t Taskforce Patrol Barracks on all major highways, especially the interstate highways all over Nigeria. let these barracks be like 2km apart on each highway and must have:

Ambulances
Military Grade Assault Drones
1 Helicopter on each highway
Several patrol vehicles, Vans, pickups


The security officers on each highway must be patrolling their highway jurisdiction 24hrs on a shift by shift bases, like 4 shifts per day and must be always alert and ready to shoot.


To fund this, get private organizations involved, get banks, institutions, NGOs, and interested private individuals ready to partner with the government specifically for this, I and my small organization are fully ready to partner on this.



I am ready to give more security details on this and how to actualize this and make all Nigerian highways safe and secured for all Nigerian road s and travelers.




It is really getting out of hand and the President need to act now so he can be ed for good.




So sad how Nigeria is being turned to a killing camp, sighs