Gunmen believed to be kidnappers attacked a commercial vehicle belonging to Benue Links, the state-owned transport company, and kidnapped seven candidates traveling to Otukpo for their examination centres in the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
Information available to our correspondent says that the incident took place between 7–8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 15, along the Benue Burnt Bricks in Otukpo, Otukpo Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue State.
According to sources, the assailants waylaid the bus and robbed the occupants of their belongings before whisking them away into the bush.
An eyewitness, who spoke to journalists on the condition of anonymity, said the Benue Links bus, which was conveying about 18 passengers, ran into the kidnappers at about 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday night.
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