Report from Edo State, South-South Nigeria says, inidentified gunmen have abducted eighteen passengers travelling along the Benin-Auchi Highway in an Edo Line bus bound for Abuja.
According to the report, the attackers forced the victims into the surrounding bush before security operatives arrived at the scene.
A viral video from the incident showed a long queue of vehicles stranded on both sides of the expressway as tension mounted in the area.
As of the time of reporting, the kidnappers had not established contact to demand ransom.
Confirming the development on Saturday, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Edo State Command, SP Moses Iyamu, revealed that sixteen of the abducted passengers had been rescued.
He added that police operatives, working in collaboration with local vigilantes and hunters, had intensified search and rescue operations to ensure the safe release of the remaining two victims still held captive.
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