Six persons, including the husband of a deceased woman, have reportedly been kidn@pped while conveying her remains for burial in Benue State.
The incident occurred on Friday, October 30, at about 8 p.m. along Adoka Road in Otukpo Local Government Area of the state.
According to reports, the woman had died in Kano, and her husband and five other mourners were transporting her body to Okpoga in Okpokwu Local Government Area for burial when armed men intercepted their vehicle.
The kidn@ppers reportedly whisked the six occupants away into the bush, abandoning the woman’s body on the highway.
Officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps later discovered the body on Saturday and took it to the police station in Adoka before it was subsequently deposited in a morgue.
Confirming the incident, the Chairman of Otukpo Local Government Area, Maxwell Ogiri, disclosed that the kidnappers were demanding a ransom of ₦15 million.
He added that security agencies, local vigilantes and youths were making efforts to track down the kidn@ppers and secure the release of the abducted victims.
