Chai! Na wa o! Na so bandits don carry 14 passengers waka from Igede level. Dem dey travel from Oju and Obi Local Government Areas for Benue State go Southwest, when dem intercept dem vehicle around Okpokwu area around 7 pm for Monday.
Dis one no be small matter, because just two days before, nine worshippers wey dey do vigil for St John’s Catholic Church for Ojije, Utonkon, dem carry dem go! E be like say, security matter for Benue no fit catch break again.
As dem dey yarn, local source wey gree talk with our correspondent for Makurdi talk say, ‘Dem depart from Iheijwo Market around 7 pm, and as dem dey use Utonkon-Ojapo/Okpoga road, na there be the wahala. The kidnappers just stop dem, carry 15 passengers enter bush. E no go better for dem o!’
Omo, one person even get bullet for body when the driver wan escape under gunpoint. The chairman of Oju Local Government Area, Jackson Ominyi, confirm say two people sabi don die as dem report come reach am.
Him talk say, ‘My security officer don call me just now, tell me say some of our people don disappear for the Okpokwu road. I dey try reach my colleague for Okpokwu LGA, but line no gree connect. I don also reach out to those wey dey work for Directorate of State Security Service for the area.’ E no funny at all!
Police Public Relations Officer for the state, Udeme Edet, no confirm or deny the whole gist. She just gree say, ‘I go get back to you on this matter,’ but we never hear from her till now. E don dey come like say security wahala for Benue don dey turn something wey dey provoke serious concern.
As we dey keep eyes on this level, make we dey vigilant because e fit happen to anybody. More details go soon land, but for now, na so e be!
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