A full bus-load of passengers returning from a burial ceremony in Port Harcourt, Rivers State to Agbarho community, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State have been reportedly kidnapped by gunmen. The incident occurred on Saturday, February, 27 between Evwreni and Ogor communities.
The passenger capacity of the bus and the number of the passengers are yet to be ascertained; but a source said that ‘it was a full load’.
The source stated, “These hoodlums just struck again and kidnapped people between Evwreni and Ogor communities in Ughelli.
“They kidnapped all the passengers in the bus on Saturday evening. The bus was coming from Port Harcourt to Agbarho, where they went for a burial; nobody is safe again; the rate of insecurity is alarming.”
The acting Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Edafe Bright, confirmed the incident, but said the passengers in the bus were not kidnapped.
He stated: “The bus in question almost ran into the kidnappers and immediately the driver applied the brakes, but unfortunately the vehicle got involved in an accident. It was the two vehicles before that that the passengers were kidnapped and not the bus.
“We are yet to know the number of the kidnapped victims, but the police are on the trail of the abductors”.