BREAKING: Gunmen Attack Lagos-Bound Bus, Abduct Scores

• Gunmen have attacked a Lagos-bound bus and abducted scores of passengers.

EKOHOTBLOG reports that unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the entire passengers of an 18-passenger Lagos-bound bus.

It was gathered that the passengers were kidnapped by the gunmen along the Idoani-Ifira Akoko axis in the Northern Senatorial District of Ondo State.

Sources disclosed that the Lagos-bound bus was attacked by the assailants at the Idoani-Ifira Road in Akoko South East Local Government Area of the state.

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It was further learnt that the gunmen shot sporadically into the air to scare off villagers and other motorists who abandoned their vehicles as they scampered for safety into the bush.

As gathered by EKOHOTBLOG, the latest abduction was confirmed by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) for Isua Akoko Division, CSP Hakeem Sadiq, on Thursday.

The DPO noted that the anti-kidnapping unit of the police command, as well as other sister agencies, had already swung into action to rescue the abducted travellers.

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