A total of 28 travellers in
commercial buses have been allegedly abducted by gunmen along the Ado-Akure
road in Ondo state.
The gunmen were reported to have
swooped on the travellers’ vehicles on Tuesday while navigating through the bad
portions of the road.
According to residents of the
area, the passengers were in two vehicles, an 18-seater bus and the other a
9-seater vehicle with its driver.
A video of the incident posted on
Twitter showed how residents of the area were complaining about the bad state
of the road which has made it easier for kidnappers to operate.
“Our cars here are now passing
through Ilawe. If anyone is kidnapped among us, who will bail him? We wonder
the condition of the families of those kidnapped passengers will be right now,”
one of the residents said in the video.
.@RotimiAkeredolu via @kfayemi to @NGRPresident @MBuhari a message from Citizens in Ondo State, filmed today 25/6/2019. Ado-Akure Road is now a favourite spot for kidnappers and it goes unreported. Good news SW Governors are meeting but urgent intervention is required. pic.twitter.com/LybXdoowhz— Kayode Ogundamisi (@ogundamisi) June 25, 2019
The incident happened hours after
south-west governors met with stakeholders in Ibadan, Oyo state, over the high
rate of kidnappings in the region.
The governors agreed to set up
joint patrol teams across the region to curb the activities of criminals
“terrorising” innocent persons and making the highways unsafe for travellers.
We have senators and reps in Abuja sharing the money God gave us and lying to us. God is watching you all.
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