The driver of ill-fated Benue Links commercial vehicle whose passengers were robbed and kidnapped by armed men in Kogi state while on their way to Lagos, Mr Emmanuel Owoicho, has disclosed that six passengers including a pregnant woman were among the abducted passengers.
The driver who Thursday narrated his encounter with the bandits to newsmen in Makurdi disclosed that his vehicle which had 13 passengers en route from Gboko to Lagos was waylaid by the armed men at Ochada after Ayangba in Kogi state.
He said: “I was travelling to Lagos from Gboko with 13 passengers on Saturday. On the way, after Ayangba, at a place called Ochada junction in Kogi state at about 4pm, I saw some men coming out from the bush and shooting at us.
“I wanted to go ahead but later I realized that if I do that, they would riddle the bus with bullets.
“So, I parked. Many others came from the bush and also started robbing us. They collected our money, phones and everything we had. They collected N42,000 from me.
