By Editor
Suspected bandits have reportedly abducted a Pastor, his son and five other Lagos bound passengers on-board a Benue Links commercial bus at Ayere village, a border community between Kogi and Ondo states.
The development is the second in two weeks after a similar incident occurred in Kogi state when six passengers on-board another Benue Links bus were abducted while on their way to Lagos.
The commercial vehicle which departed Makurdi on Tuesday morning with the seven passengers ran into the bandits who abducted the passengers and are demanding N5million for the Pastor, Steven Orhena and his son.
The incident was disclosed to newsmen in Makurdi by the wife of the Pastor, Mrs. Hanna Orhena who stated that she had opened negotiation with the bandits for the release of her husband and son.
According to her, “on Tuesday my husband and son including five others boarded a Benue Links commercial bus going to Lagos from Makurdi but on their way they were abducted between Kabba and Ayere village on Tuesday at about 3:pm.
“The abductors called me between 10pm and 11pm on Wednesday and demanded a ransom of N5million but I negotiated N500,000 they refused. At that point they asked me to get someone who could speak Hausa after which my husband and son spoke to me.
“They also told me that they came from Zamfara and have a boss in Abuja.”
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