Gunmen abducted one person
Suspected gunmen on Thursday morning hijacked a school bus in Oba Ile Estate of Akure North local government area of Ondo State.
The gunmen who were said to be on motorcycles abducted one of the attendants who was on duty to convey the children to school.
The incident was said to have occurred around 6:45 am while the driver and the attendant were moving round to pick the pupils of Chimola School.
According to Leadership, source within the estate said the gunmen numbering about eight who were armed with guns, cutlass and some other dangerous weapons, dragged the driver down from the vehicle and threatened to kill him.
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He said the bus with registration number Lagos LSD 853 FJ with Chimola Schools inscribed on it was driven away by one of the hijackers while others moved away from the scene on motorcycles.
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The source further said, “the driver and the attendant were about to pick the first student when the incident happened. The gunmen surrounded the vehicle and came down with dangerous weapons
“The driver was dragged down from the bus while one of them take the driver’s seat and drove off with the attendant in the bus. The whereabouts of the attendant is still unknown but we have reported the incident at the Oba ile Police station.