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Kidnap Victims Rescued By Amotekun Say Their Driver Abandoned Them
- The kidnap victims explained that they might not have been captured by bandits if their driver had not abandoned them.
The three rescued Lagos bound travellers abducted along the Idoani-Ifira highway in Akoko South East Local Government council area of Ondo State, have recounted their experiences in the hands of their abductors, saying the bus driver they boarded abandoned them.
As reported on EkoHotBlog, operatives of Ondo state security outfit codenamed –Amotekun rescued them after being kidnapped by bandits.
The kidnap victims -Benjamin Ojoga, Omolara Fajana and Faith Sunday, said they were abandoned by the driver of the 18-seater passenger bus during the incident.
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According to the victims “the driver of the bus zoomed off after the kidnappers fired gunshots and left us to our fate.”
One of them, Benjamin Ojoga, said that the gunmen struck when the passengers had alighted from the bus in order to enable it move freely at a bad portion of the road in Ifira-Akoko
Ojoga added that the decision of the driver made it easy for the kidnappers to abduct them as they were not conversant with the terrain.
“It was after the gunshots that the driver of the bus zoomed off which gave the kidnappers opportunity to abduct us.
“I got the injury from the beating the kidnappers gave me. They were saying that I’m a force man and I told them I’m not. But they didn’t believe me.
Another victim, Fajana said that “On that very day, we were coming from Abuja and heading to Lagos. Shortly after leaving Ibilo, our bus got stucked on the bad portion. After spending about three to four hours getting the bus out, we continued the journey.
“On getting to Ifira-Akoko, we met another bad portion and the driver told us to come down so that the bus will be lighter and to enable it to move easily.
“Immediately we came down from the bus, we heard gunshots and everybody became jittery. At that moment, the bus zoomed off and the gunmen were able to pick four of us. One of us, an old woman who was limping was allowed to go but, they collected her phone.
“The incident happened around 6:30 pm. Then, they made us to walk for about three hours inside the bush. The kidnappers were speaking pigin English and they looked like herdsmen.”
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