Gunmen kidnapped more than 12 people and hijacked a vehicle on the Afuze-Ihievbe-Auchi road in Edo State, according to a viral video. Two of the victims reportedly escaped and vigilantes are searching for the others.
Suspected gunmen have reportedly kidnapped more than 12 persons along the Afuze-Ihievbe-Auchi road in Owan East Local Council of Edo State.Suspected gunmen have reportedly kidnapped more than 12 persons along the Afuze-Ihievbe-Auchi road in Owan East Local Council of Edo State.
It was also learnt from the video that another oncoming car, whose driver was lucky to have sighted the kidnappers, quickly parked while the occupants escaped into the bush. According to the source from Ihievbe, who spoke on condition of anonymity, two of the victims escaped from their abductors. “Some of the ambushed passengers escaped, including a woman who could not take her nine-year-old daughter along.
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