By Damilare Adeleye
Unknown gunmen have reportedly abducted passengers along Akure/ lkere highway.
Funmi Odunlami, Spokesperson for Ondo State Police Command, while confirming the ugly incident, said that the number of the victims remained unknown.
Odunlami, said that the men of the anti-kidnapping section of the command had started combing the forest in lkere, Ekiti state and Akure, in Ondo state
She said, “No official report from the family or families of the owner of the two vehicles found at the scene of the incident and no report of missing people in the state.”
The police spokesperson, however, assured that the state Police command would soon unravel what took place and rescue the victims if it was a case of abduction.
Odunlami however, said it was not clear whether the kidnappers had contacted the family members for ransom.
A video being circulated on social media, showed two abandoned vehicles,Toyota Corolla and a white Highlander, riddled with bullets, on the highway while their occupants were said to have been kidnapped and taken into the forest around Iju.
A source in the area, confirmed that the incident happened on Thursday night and that the two vehicles were intercepted by gunmen
According to him, “The vehicles riddled with bullets, it was obvious that the drivers were forced to stop by the gunmen.
“The kidnappers might have marched them into the bush, the incident happened in the evening and it came to our knowledge on Friday morning when we saw the vehicles riddled with bullets”
“We’ve reported the incident to the police in the area and they had visited the scene of the incident but we’ve not heard anything from them since.”