Gunmen hijack commercial vehicle, kidnap 10 passengers in Benue

However, competent sources in Ukum LGA, said the vehicle was intercepted by heavily armed gunmen, who forced the driver out of the vehicle; snatched his phone from him and zoomed off with the passengers and vehicle into the bush.

The source said that the driver to the vehicle explained to him that “The incident happened around 12 midday on Friday.

“He (driver) said, he picked them (passengers) from Takum and the incident happened just two kilometers away from Jootar, in Ukum LGA. He was supposed to drop them in Gboko, as they were enroute Akure, Ondo State.

Speaking on the incident, member Benue State House of Assembly representing Ukum State Constituency, Hon. Ezra Nyiyongo, said “I was told that a vehicle was intercepted.

“According to what I heard since I am not the one that spoke with the driver, he (driver), said he picked those people from Wukari, Taraba State and was conveying them to Gboko.

“From Gboko according to him, they were going to Akure for menial jobs; I am not quite sure; I am just reporting from the driver’s words. They were then intercepted in Jootar in Ukum LGA.”

Gunmen hijack commercial vehicle, kidnap 10 passengers in Benue