By Peter Duru, Makurdi
MAKURDI: The Benue State Police Command has rescued 13 more passengers abducted by suspected armed herdsmen along the Otukpo-Adoka Road while travelling from Enugu to Abuja.
The victims were among passengers of an 18-seater bus ambushed on August 14, 2026. Five passengers had earlier been rescued by the police hours after the incident.
The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Peter Aondongu, who disclosed this in a statement, said the latest rescue followed five days of sustained search-and-rescue operations by police operatives in collaboration with local security personnel.
According to him, acting on credible intelligence, the operatives embarked on a night operation which culminated in the rescue of the victims at about 2am on August 20 at Amla-Cho Forest in Otukpo Local Government Area of the state.
