Gunmen have abducted eight National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members in Zamfara State.The Guardian learnt that the corps members were travelling in Akwa Ibom Transport Company (AKTC) bus from Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, to Sokoto State, for the one-year national service, when their vehicle was intercepted by the hoodlums.[ad] A source in the transport company, who pleaded anonymity because he was not authorised to speak on the incident, confirmed the incident, yesterday.
Gunmen have abducted eight National Youth Service Corps members in Zamfara State. The Guardian learnt that the corps members were travelling in Akwa Ibom Transport Company bus from Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, to Sokoto State, for the one-year national service, when their vehicle was intercepted by the hoodlums.
A source in the transport company, who pleaded anonymity because he was not authorised to speak on the incident, confirmed the incident, yesterday. In the bus, according to the source, were 11 corps members and the driver, but three of the corps members escaped.He said: “They left here on Friday, and slept over in Abuja. It was when they were proceeding to Sokoto that they were kidnapped. The corps members were offloaded and taken into the bush. The police have recovered the bus.”About 9:14 a.m.
“My niece, Victoria Udoka, a graduate of Mass Communication from University of Uyo, was in the same bus to Sokoto for NYSC orientation. “The kidnappers demanded a ransom of N4 million. Please, pray for their release and whoever has contact with Akwa Ibom State Government House should help me call on our dear Governor Umo Eno to contact his counterpart in Sokoto for urgent intervention,” a respondent stated.
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