Gunmen Kidnap More than 30 Passengers, NRC Staff in Edo, Say Police – THISDAYLIVE

Gunmen Kidnap More than 30 Passengers, NRC Staff in Edo, Say Police Adibe Emenyonu in Benin City No fewer than 30 passenger and staff of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) are believed to have been victims of late

No fewer than 30 passenger and staff of the Nigerian Railway Corporation are believed to have been victims of late Saturday’s kidnap by gunmen at the Igueben train sub-station in Edo State.

According to the statement, the suspected herdsmen, who were armed with AK 47 rifles, invaded the train station and shot sporadically into the air before herding unspecified number of intending travellers into the bush. He said: “As I speak, people are in the field all over the place, vigilante, security agencies and other people. Everybody is concerned but we have to be careful with what we divulge so that we won’t jeopardize the processes of what we are doing.

He said some staff of the NRC, including the station manager and ticket clerk, were among those abducted.

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