Gunmen kidnap 30 passengers in Nasarawa

Over 30 occupants of two commercial vehicles have been reportedly abducted by gunmen suspected kidnappers along Nasarawa-Keffi road in Nasarawa State.

The ugly incident happened on Friday evening along Nasarawa-Keffi road.

The gunmen who reportedly abducted their victims and took them into the bush are said to have contacted families of two of their victims demanding for N10m ransom for the release of each of victims.

FRONTVIEWAFRICA gathered that a driver of one of the two vehicles names withheld escaped, while a pregnant woman was beaten and abandoned by the kidnappers, while an aged man said to be suffering from stroke was also left behind for delaying the movement of the suspected kidnappers.

It was also gathered that the escaped driver reported the incident to the Uke Police Division in Karu LGA of Nasarawa State Command.

One of the Victims relations, who spoke to journalists on account of anonymity said the where about of their sister, a second year student of the Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa, was yet to be known.

“Our sister was kidnapped last Friday while on her way from school. I was contacted on Saturday by the police because the driver recovered some of the victims phones and my sister’s own was among those recovered.

“Though I gathered that the military and the police are currently in the bush on the trail of the suspected kidnappers as well as trying to ensure the rescue of the victims.

When contacted, the Public Relations Officer of Nasarawa State Police Command, DSP Ranham Nansel, confirmed the incident, saying it happened along Nasarawa-Keffi road where a 18 seater bus was attacked on Friday night.