Suspect nabbed over abduction of 32 passengers in Edo train station attack | TheCable
Jesupemi AreChris Nehikhare, Edo state commissioner for communication and orientation, says 32 intending passengers were kidnapped at the train station in Igueben, on Saturday.that gunmen, suspected to be herdsmen, kidnapped many passengers and left some with bullet wounds at the train station in the state.
“The kidnap is the most difficult occurrence in the state currently. Few armed men who came with vehicles at about 4pm started shooting sporadically at the Igueben train station,” NAN quoted him as saying. “The police in collaboration with the vigilante and hunters started combing the bush almost immediately.“The deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, visited the scene of the crime this morning to have an on-the-spot assessment of what has happened.
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