Tuesday, July 16, 2024 -Unknown gunmen have abducted a driver and 18 passengers of a Port Harcourt-bound Akwa Ibom State Transport Corporation bus.
According to reports, the gunmen
carried out the abduction along the Azumini boundary between Akwa Ibom and Abia
states last Wednesday, July 10.
Eyewitnesses say the gunmen had
ambushed the bus shortly after it left its Uyo terminal and was passing through
Iwukem in the Etim Local Council Area. The gunmen shot into the air before
abducting their victims.
Confirming the incident, the Akwa
Ibom State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Timfon John, said the police
were still monitoring the situation.
“That incident happened along the
Azumini area of the road after the Etim Ekpo Local Government Area. All I can
say is that the police are still monitoring the situation now,” the PPRO said.
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