{"id":110407,"date":"2024-02-06T00:18:33","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T23:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=110407"},"modified":"2024-02-06T00:18:33","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T23:18:33","slug":"kidnappers-highjack-two-abuja-bound-buses-conveying-passengers-in-kogi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/kidnappers-highjack-two-abuja-bound-buses-conveying-passengers-in-kogi\/","title":{"rendered":"Kidnappers highjack two Abuja-bound buses conveying passengers in Kogi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"adn ads\" data-message-id=\"#msg-f:1790080104391785449\" data-legacy-message-id=\"18d7a45ee5c43be9\">\n<div class=\"gs\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div id=\":1da\" class=\"ii gt\">\n<div id=\":1db\" class=\"a3s aiL \">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>Two buses fully loaded with Passengers travelling from the Eastern part of the country to Abuja have been highjacked and passengers abducted in Inele-Eteke Ogugu new road in Kogi east Senatorial district<\/p>\n<p>The two buses belonging to God Is Good (GIG) transport and Logistics company and the ABC transport company were highjacked while heading to Abuja by Kidnappers in Kogi state.<\/p>\n<p>The source further disclosed that GIG bus left umuahia at 7:30 am on Saturday on its way to Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>GIG company it was gathered has contacted security services and they are tracking them.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile the Kogi State Police Command has confirmed the Saturday kidnap of passengers aboard two Abuja-bound buses from the Eastern part of the country on Inele-Eteke Ogugu new road in Kogi East Senatorial district of the state.<\/p>\n<p>The Command\u2019s Public Relations Officer, Williams Aya (SP) made the confirmation in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday in Lokoja.<\/p>\n<p>Aya who could not give the number of passengers however, confirmed that two buses were involved,<\/p>\n<p>The PPRO said that the state Commissioner of Police, Bethrand Onuoha, immediately directed the Divisional Police Officer, Local Vigilantes and Hunters to comb the bushes with a view to apprehending the hoodlums and rescuing the victims.<\/p>\n<p>He disclosed that Onuoha further deployed the Tactical Squad consisting of Quick Response Unit, Police Mobile Force, Counter-Terrorism Unit, as well as conventional Police personnel to the area to continue with the bush combing to ensure all victims are rescued unhurt.<\/p>\n<p>Our correspondent gathered on Monday that the buses, one from GIG Motors and the other from ABC Transport heading to Abuja were intercepted by the gun-wielding hoodlums on the lonely road in Kogi state.<\/p>\n<p>The victims were said to have been marched into the bush by the hoodlums leaving no traces.<\/p>\n<p>According to the source, the GIG bus left Umuahia at about 7:30am on Saturday enroute Abuja adding that the GIG company said they had contacted security agencies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hi\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"WhmR8e\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-hash=\"0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two buses fully loaded with Passengers travelling from the Eastern part of the country to Abuja have been highjacked and passengers abducted in Inele-Eteke Ogugu new road in Kogi east&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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