The Kogi State Police Command and other security operatives have continued to comb the surrounding bushes for National Youth Service Corps members and other passengers abducted along the Aloma–Egane Expressway in Ofu Local Government Area of the state.
The police said 11 victims, including the drivers of the two buses attacked on Wednesday, had been rescued as of Friday, while the search continued for other victims and the attackers.
According to the police spokesperson in the state, Salisu Afusat, the attackers emerged from the bush around Ogene Zaria, near the Ogene Zaria/Onicha-Igo Junction, and blocked two buses travelling in opposite directions.
“At about 1640hrs, armed hoodlums emerged from the bush around Ogene Zaria, near the Ogene Zaria/Onicha-Igo Junction, blocked two buses travelling in opposite directions and abducted some passengers, while others escaped into the surrounding bush,” Afusat said.
She said the Divisional Police Officer, Ofu, led a joint security team to the scene after receiving a distress call.
