Suspected armed herdsmen have allegedly abducted no fewer than 19 passengers in Jor community, along the Adoka-Naka road in Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State.
The passengers traveling in two commercial buses were kidnapped on Thursday morning.
The buses were said to be ambushed in two separate but closely timed incidents along the same location, roughly three kilometres from Naka, the Gwer West LGA headquarters.
According to the report, one of the vehicles was headed to Makurdi from Ankpa, Kogi State, while the other was traveling to Lokoja from Makurdi when they both ran into the ambush.
Confirming the attack, the Ter Tyoshin and chairman of the Gwer West Traditional Council, His Royal Highness Daniel Abomtse, stated that the spared individuals reportedly alerted authorities at the Naka Police Station shortly after the incident.
The Secretary of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, High Level Unit, Yakubu Onu, who also confirmed the incident, said the surviving passengers made their way to the police station and were later allowed to continue their journey.
