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Gunmen Abducts Seven Passengers In Osun

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Gunmen on Tuesday abducted driver of a commercial bus marked ABJ 635 DC and six of his passengers in Ilesa/Akure Expressway in Osun State.

It was gathered that the kidnappers who abducted the passengers at Iwaraja in Oriade Local Government Area of the state, took the victims inside the forest.

The spokesperson of the state police command, Yemisi Opalola, while confirming the development, said, “Some yet-to-be-identified hoodlums emerged from the bush along the Ilesa/Akure Expressway by Iwaraja forest and opened fire on the bus, flattened its tyres which forced the driver to stop and they abducted the passengers and the driver.”

“In the process, six passengers and the driver were abducted; while three passengers escaped. Intensive manhunt underway by police and local hunters and vigilantes to rescue victims and arrest the kidnappers”.

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In a related development, gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted the Senior Assistant to Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku, Bala Baba.

The spokesman of the state police command, Leha Reform, while confirming the development to newsmen said the Governor’s aide was kidnapped in his residence in Sabon Gari area.

He further stated that Baba was abducted today at about 2:30 am, adding that efforts are ongoing to rescue him and apprehend the kidnappers.

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